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What Happened in November 1844

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Historical Events

  • Nov 6 Spain grants Dominican Republic independence
  • Nov 23 Independence of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark.

Events in 1844

Famous Birthdays

  • Nov 2 Mehmed V, 35th Ottoman Sultan (1909-18), born in Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1918)
  • Nov 10 Henry Eyster Jacobs, American Lutheran theologian, born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1932)
  • Nov 12 Octave Fouqué, French pianist and composer, born in Pau, France (d. 1883)

Karl Benz (1844-1929)

Nov 25 German inventor, engine designer and automobile manufacturer (Mercedes-Benz), born in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg

Karl Benz

Born in 1844

Famous Deaths

  • Nov 1 August Ferdinand Haeser, German composer, dies at 45
  • Nov 14 Flora Tristan, French writer and social activist, dies at 41
  • Nov 14 John Abercrombie, Scottish physician, dies at 64
  • Nov 21 Ivan Krylov, Russian fabulist (b. 1769)
  • Nov 25 Augustus Callcott, English landscape painter, dies at 65
  • Nov 29 Princess Sophia of Gloucester, great-granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and niece of King George III, dies at 71


What Happened in 1844

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