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Historical Events for the Year 1843

  • 6th February » The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
  • 25th February » Provisional Cession of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands established by Lord George Paulet.
  • 16th May » The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri.
  • 18th May » The Disruption of 1843 or Disruption in Edinburgh of the Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900) or Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland.
  • 17th June » The Wairau Affray, the first serious clash of arms between Māori people or Māori and British settlers in the New Zealand Wars, takes place.
  • 26th June » Treaty of Nanking comes into effect, Hong Kong Island is ceded to the British "in perpetuity".
  • 15th August » The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu or Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Catholic Church or Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
  • 15th August » Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • 13th September » The Greek Army 3 September 1843 Revolution called rebels (Old Style and New Style dates known as OS date: September 3) against the autocratic rule of king Otto of Greece, demanding the granting of a constitution.
  • 21st September » John Williams Wilson takes possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the newly independent Chilean government.
  • 1st October » The 'News of the World' Tabloid (newspaper format) Europe or tabloid begins publication in London.
  • 16th October » Sir William Rowan Hamilton comes up with the idea of quaternions, a commutativity named non-commutative extension of complex numbers.
  • 28th November » Kingdom of Hawaii Anglo-Franco Proclamation or Ka Lā Hui (Hawaiian Independence Day): The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.

Famous Birthdays in 1843

  • 8th January » Frederick Abberline, English police officer (d. 1929)
  • 8th January » John H. Moffitt, American soldier and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1926)
  • 10th January » Frank James, American soldier and outlaw (d. 1915)
  • 24th January » Josip Štadler, Croatian archbishop (d. 1918)
  • 28th January » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet and linguist (d. 1890)
  • 29th January » William McKinley, American politician, 25th President of the United States (d. 1901)
  • 3rd February » William Cornelius Van Horne, American-Canadian businessman (d. 1915)
  • 6th February » Inoue Kowashi, Japanese politician (d. 1895)
  • 6th February » Frederic William Henry Myers, English poet and philologist, co-founded the Society for Psychical Research (d. 1901)
  • 12th February » John Graham Chambers, English race walker (d. 1883)
  • 19th February » Adelina Patti, Spanish opera singer (d. 1919)
  • 2nd March » Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy (d. 1911)
  • 27th March » George Frederick Leycester Marshall, English colonel and entomologist (d. 1934)
  • 4th April » William Henry Jackson, American painter and photographer (d. 1942)
  • 15th April » Henry James, American-English author (d. 1916)
  • 25th April » Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (d. 1878)
  • 2nd May » Elijah McCoy, Canadian-American engineer (d. 1929)
  • 5th May » William George Beers, Canadian dentist and patriot (d. 1900)
  • 6th May » Grove Karl Gilbert, American geologist (d. 1918)
  • 10th May » Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author (d. 1920)
  • 21st May » Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, Nobel Peace Prize e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
  • 1st June » Henry Faulds, Scottish physician and missionary, developed fingerprinting (d. 1930)
  • 3rd June » Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1912)
  • 9th June » Bertha von Suttner, Austrian author, Nobel Peace Prize known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
  • 10th June » Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1900)
  • 15th June » Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1907)
  • 30th June » Ernest Mason Satow, English orientalist and diplomat (d. 1929)
  • 7th July » Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926)
  • 29th July » Johannes Schmidt (linguist) e.g Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (d. 1901)
  • 31st July » Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet (d. 1918)
  • 1st August » Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War (d. 1926)
  • 5th August » James Scott Skinner, Scottish violinist and composer (d. 1927)
  • 19th August » C. I. Scofield, American minister and theologian (d. 1921)
  • 23rd August » William Southam, Canadian publisher (d. 1932)
  • 29th August » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (d. 1910)
  • 31st August » Georg von Hertling, Bavarian politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (d. 1919)
  • 26th September » Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (d. 1912)
  • 27th September » Gaston Tarry, French mathematician and academic (d. 1913)
  • 29th September » Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general (d. 1882)
  • 19th November » Richard Avenarius, German-Swiss philosopher and academic (d. 1896)
  • 25th November » Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1919)
  • 27th November » Elizabeth Stride, Swedish-English victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)
  • 27th November » Cornelius Vanderbilt II, American businessman (d. 1899)
  • 11th December » Robert Koch, German microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1910)
  • 21st December » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1898)
  • 23rd December » Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1924)
  • 24th December » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (d. 1886)
  • 29th December » Elisabeth of Wied (d. 1916)

Famous Deaths in History for 1843

  • 9th January » William Hedley, English engineer (b. 1773)
  • 4th February » Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (b. 1770)
  • 21st March » Robert Southey, English poet (b. 1774)
  • 21st March » Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general and politician, 1st President of Mexico (b. 1786)
  • 27th March » Karl Salomo Zachariae von Lingenthal, German jurist (b. 1769)
  • 14th April » Joseph Lanner, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1801)
  • 17th April » Samuel Morey, American engineer (b. 1762)
  • 24th May » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765)
  • 28th May » Noah Webster, American lexicographer and author (b. 1758)
  • 6th June » Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet and author (b. 1770)
  • 2nd July » Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (b. 1755)
  • 25th July » Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and engineer (b. 1766)
  • 11th September » Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (b. 1786)
  • 16th September » Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1770)
  • 19th September » Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1792)
  • 28th November » József Ficzkó, Slovene-Croatian priest and author (b. 1772)
  • 12th December » William I of the Netherlands (b. 1772)
  • 18th December » Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, Scottish-English general and politician (b. 1748)