1844 in the United States

1844 in the United States
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Years:	1841 1842 1843 – 1844 – 1845 1846 1847
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Events from the year 1844 in the United States.

Incumbents

• President: John Tyler (Whig/none)
• Vice President: vacant
• Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney
• Speaker of the House of Representatives: John Winston Jones (D-Virginia)
• Congress: 28th

Events

February 28: USS Princeton disaster

• January 15 – The University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana.
• February 28 – The "Peacemaker", the largest naval gun in the world, explodes during a demonstration aboard the USS Princeton, killing seven, including Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur and Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer.
• March 12 – The Columbus and Xenia Railroad, the first railroad that is planned to be built in Ohio, is chartered.
• May 24 – The first electrical telegram is sent by Samuel F. B. Morse from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. to the B&O Railroad "outer depot" in Baltimore, Maryland, saying "What hath God wrought".
• June 22 – Influential North American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University.
• June 27 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum, are killed in Carthage Jail, Carthage, Illinois.
• July 3 – The United States signs The Sino-American Treaty of Wanghia with the Chinese Government (the first diplomatic agreement between China and the United States in history).
• August 8 – During a meeting held in Nauvoo, the Quorum of the Twelve, headed by Brigham Young, is chosen as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• December 4 – U.S. presidential election, 1844: James K. Polk defeats Henry Clay .

Undated

• The first ever international cricket match is played in New York City between Canada and the United States.

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External links

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