1844

18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1790s - 1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s - 1900s

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Births

• Karl Benz - German automotive pioneer
• May 20: [Henri Rousseau]?, French naive painter
• October 15 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher
• May 23 - `Abdu'l-Bahá?, Persian religious leader

Deaths

• June 27 - Joseph Smith, American religious leader

Events

• July 3 - The last pair of Great Auks is killed.
• May 23 - Persian Prophet The Báb announces His revelation, founding Bábism?
• May 23 - Samuel Morse sends the first telegram? with his [electric telegraph]?.
• Swedish chemistry professor [Gustaf Erik Pasch]? invents the [safety match]?