1843

Years:
1840 1841 1842 - 1843 - 1844 1845 1846

Decades:
1810s 1820s 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 1860s 1870s

Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Events

February 6 - The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
February 11 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi premieres in Milan
May 22 - The first major wagon train headed for the northwest sets out with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri on the Oregon Trail.
October 13 - In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (the oldest Jewish service organization in the world).
December 17 - First publication of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
James Joule quantifies the conversion of work into heat
In Barbados, the first colored man, Samuel Jackson Prescod, is elected to House of Assembly
Danish government re-establishes althing in Iceland as an advisory body
First tunnel under Thames is finished
Argentina supports Rosas of Uruguay and begins a siege of Montevideo
Quaternions are discovered by William Rowan Hamilton.
The Economist is first published.
Bishop's University is founded.

January 10 - Frank James, American outlaw (d. 1915)
January 29 - William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (d. 1901
April 4 - William Jackson, photographer
April 25 - Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
June 3 - Frederick VIII of Denmark, King
June 9 - Bertha von Suttner, winner of 1905 Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1914)
June 15 - Edvard Grieg, composer (d. 1907)
June 30 - Sir Ernest Satow, British diplomat and scholar in East Asia
July 29 - Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (d. 1901)
August 1 - Robert Todd Lincoln, American statesman, businessman (d. 1926)
November 27 - Elizabeth Stride, third confirmed victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)
November 27 – Cornelius Vanderbilt II, railway magnate (d. 1899)
December 11 - Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (d. 1910)


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