1844

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1810s  1820s  1830s  – 1840s –  1850s  1860s  1870s
Years:	1841 1842 1843 – 1844 – 1845 1846 1847

Events

• February 27 – The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
• An American dentist named Wells invents chloroform.

New Books

• The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

Births

• August 6 – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• May 22 – Mary Cassatt

Deaths

• June 27 – Joseph Smith, Jr, founder of Mormonismhe was raped and murderd