1843

Years:
1840 1841 1842 – 1843 – 1844 1845 1846

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

Centuries:
18th century – 19th century – 20th century

1843 in topic:
Arts
Architecture - Art - Literature - Music
Other topics
Canada – Rail transport - Science - South Africa – Sport

Lists of leaders:
Colonial governors - State leaders

1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).

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 18 – The Disruption of the Church of Scotland took place in Edinburgh
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).
November 28 – Ka Lahui: Hawaiian Independence Day. The Kingdom of Hawai`i was officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
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.
Abbeville is founded by descendants of Acadians from Nova Scotia.

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
June 3 – King Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1912)
June 9 – Bertha von Suttner, Austrian pacificst, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1914)
June 15 – Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (d. 1907)
June 30 – Sir Ernest Satow, British diplomat and scholar (d. 1928)
July 29 – Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (d. 1901)
August 1 – Robert Todd Lincoln, American statesman and businessman (d. 1926)
November 27 – Cornelius Vanderbilt II, American railway magnate (d. 1899)
December 11 – Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (d. 1910)
Jang Seung-eop, Korean painter (d. 1897)

January 11 – Francis Scott Key, American writer of the "Star Spangled Banner" (b. 1779)
March 21 – Robert Southey, English poet (b. 1774)
March 25 – Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Scottish clergyman (b. 1813)
March 27 – Karl Salomo Zachariae Von Lingenthal, German jurist (b. 1769)
April 15 – Noah Webster, American lexicographer (b. 1758)
April 17 – Samuel Morey, American inventor (b. 1762)
June 6 – Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet, novelist, and dramatist (b. 1770)
July 7 – John Holmes, American politician (b. 1773)
William Abbot, English actor (b. 1798)

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