Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). 1844 - Events. January 15 - University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana. February 27 - The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti. February 28 - A gun on USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing two United States Cabinet members and ...

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1844 in rail transport - August events. August 9 - In the United Kingdom, the Railway Regulation Act 1844 (officially: An Act to attach certain Conditions to the Construction of future Railways) requires every railway company to run at least one passenger train a day in both directions along the length of each of its lines, calling at every station. The maximum fare for journeys by these trains (soon to become known as Parliamentaries) is fixed at one penny per mile (1.6 km), and it is a ...

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By 1844, the Family Compact had started calling itself Tories as well. This election also saw the creation of the Liberal Party, made up of pro-Patriot members from Canada East, who spoke English. Due to the double majority rule (legislation needed a majority of both Canada East and Canada West MPs) this parliament was not able to get much done. ...

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List of elections in the Province of Canada, List of elections in the Province of Canada - 1841, List of elections in the Province of Canada - 1844, List of elections in the Province of Canada - 1848, List of elections in the Province of Canada - 1852, List of elections in the Province of Canada - 1854, List of elections in the Province of Canada - 1858, List of elections in the Province of Canada - 1861, List of elections in the Province of Canada - 1863, List of elections in the Province of Canada - Further Reference

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The incumbent President in 1844 was John Tyler, who had ascended to the office of President upon the death of William Henry Harrison. Although Tyler had been nominated on a Whig ticket, his policies had alienated the Whigs and they actually kicked him out of the party on September 13, 1841. Without a home in either of the two major parties, Tyler sought an issue that could create a viable third party to support his bid for the presidency in 1844. Tyler found that issue in the annexation of Texas. When Texas had achieved its independen ...

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U.S. presidential election 1844 - Democratic Party nomination. The Democrats met in Baltimore. Van Buren's public stand against immediate annexation proved to be enough of a drag to derail his nomination. Instead the Democrats nominated Polk, their first "dark horse" candidate, on the ninth ballot. The Democrats chose Silas Wright as Polk's running mate, but Wright refused the nomination. George Mifflin Dallas, who had finished a close second to Wright in the bal ...

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Harbinger of a New World Order - Bab

In Persia, a young merchant, the Bab (literally, the Gate), announced on May 23, 1844, that He was the Bearer of a long-promised Divine Revelation destined to transform the spiritual life of the human race. Now, His advent is viewed as the gateway through which the process of thousands of years of Divine revelation has attained its fruition for refining human nature.

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U.S. presidential election 1844 - Campaign. Polk was committed to territorial expansion and favored the annexation of Texas. To deflect charges of pro-slavery bias in the Texas annexation issue, Polk combined the Texas annexation issue with a demand for the acquisition of the entire Oregon Territory, which was at the time jointly administered by the United States and Great Britain. This proved to be an immensely popular message, especially compared to the Whigs' economic program. It even forced Clay to move on th ...

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At the time of his murder, Smith thus held the roles: "Prophet, Seer, Revelator, and Translator," "President of the Church," "President of the First Presidency," "Trustee-in-Trust" of the Church, and "Prophet, Priest and King" of the "Kingdom." It was unclear if all of these offices should be held together by any one successor and it was equally unclear who such a successor should be. Succession crisis Mormonism - Theoretical Successors. Following Smith's murder, it was not immediately clear to Latter Day Saints who would lead the church. Some, including Illinoi ...

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This is a list of members of the quorum prior to the succession crisis of 1844. Ten of the eighteen followed Brigham Young to Utah and remained part of the Quorum in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (indicated below as "LDS after 1844") Thomas B. Marsh and Luke S. Johnson later rejoined the saints in Utah, but did not resume their former places in the Quorum. Three of these apostles went on to be apostles in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite). One, John E. Page, went on to be an apostle in the Church o ...

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Ann Eliza Young (nee Webb) (1844 - 1908?) was a U.S. Mormon dissident. She was the 19th and last wife of Brigham Young (possibly 27th wife). She divorced him in 1873, she would later disappear. She was opposed to polygamy. Other related archives1844, 1873, Brigham Young, U.S.

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Alexander Georg von Bunge (September 29, 1803 – June 7, 1890) was German-Russian zoologist. In Russian he is known as Aleksandr Andreevich von Bunge (Александр Андреевич Фон Бунге). He was a botany professor at Tartu University, and was director of the department from 1842 until 1844. He undertook many scientific expeditions into Asia and especially Siberia. A crater on Mars was named after him. ...

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Polk initially hoped to be nominated for vice-president in the 1844 presidential election. At the Democratic convention, which began on May 27, 1844, the leading contender for the presidential nomination was former President Van Buren; other candidates included Lewis Cass and James Buchanan. The primary point of political contention involved the Republic of Texas, which, after declaring independence from Mexico in 1836, had asked to join the United States. Van Buren opposed the annexation, but in doing so lost the support of many Democrats, ...

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Alexander Crummell (1819 - September 10, 1898) was an African American Episcopalian priest, missionary, and teacher. Born in New York City, he was ordained in the Diocese of Massachusets in 1844, but he struggled to be accepted due to his race. In 1844 he established a small mission in Philadelphia. He soon became involved in politics. This included the campaign for equal suffrage and the abolition of slavery. Facing mounting opposition, he traveled to England, where he attended school at Cambridge. He then traveled to Liberia to work

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See also: 1844 in music, other events of 1845, 1846 in music and the list of 'years in music'. 1845 in music - Events. April 21 - Albert Lortzing's opera Undine debuts in Magdeburg. June 4 - William Fry's opera Leonora debuts in Philadelphia. October 19 - Richard Wagner's opera Tannhäuser debuts at the Dresden Hoftheater. 1845 in music - Classical music. Robert Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minorIncluding:

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James K. Polk - Texas. Before Polk entered office, his predecessor, John Tyler, interpreted Polk's victory as a mandate for the annexation of Texas. President Tyler urged Congress to pass a joint resolution admitting Texas to the Union; Congress complied on February 28, 1845. Tyler had acted quickly because he feared British designs on Texas. The Republic of Texas did not accept the offer until later in the year, after Polk entered office; it officially became a part of the Union on December 29, 1845. This move angered Mexico, which had offered Texas its independence on the condition that ...

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James K. Polk - Texas. Before Polk entered office, his predecessor, John Tyler, interpreted Polk's victory as a mandate for the annexation of Texas. President Tyler urged Congress to pass a joint resolution admitting Texas to the Union; Congress complied on February 28, 1845. Tyler had acted quickly because he feared British designs on Texas. The Republic of Texas did not accept the offer until later in the year, after Polk entered office; it officially became a part of the Union on December 29, 1845. This move angered Mexico, which had offered Texas its independence on the condition that ...

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Polk initially hoped to be nominated for vice-president at the Democratic convention, which began on May 27, 1844. The leading contender for the presidential nomination was former President Van Buren; other candidates included Lewis Cass and James Buchanan. The primary point of political contention involved the Republic of Texas, which, after declaring independence from Mexico in 1836, had asked to join the United States. Van Buren opposed the annexation, but in doing so lost the support of many Democrats, including former President Andrew J ...

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Polk, the first of ten children, was born on his family's 250 acre (1 km²) farm in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. His father, Samuel Polk, was a farmer and surveyor of Scots-Irish descent, and related to Scottish nobility; his mother, Jane Polk (née Knox) was a descendant of the Scottish religious reformer John Knox. In 1806, the Polk family moved to Tennessee, settling near Duck River in what is now called Maury County. The family grew prosperous, with Samuel Polk becomi ...

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Emma Hale Smith - Early life and first marriage 1804–1829. Emma was born 10 July 1804, in Harmony, Pennsylvania, as the seventh child of Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis Hale. Emma first met her future husband, Joseph Smith, Jr. in 1825. Smith lived near Palmyra, New York, but boarded with the Hales in Harmony while he was employed in a company of men hoping to unearth buried treasure. Although the company found no treasure, Smith returned to Harmony several times seeking the hand of Emma. Isaac Hale refused to a ...

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