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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1844. 1844 (MDCCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on

elections were held in the United States from November 1 to December 4, 1844. Democratic nominee James K. Polk narrowly defeated Whig Henry Clay in a

Elections to Salford Borough Council were held on Friday, 12 July 1844. This was the first local election held in Salford since it had been incorporated

The 1844–45 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between July 1, 1844, and November 4, 1845. Each

article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1844. January 4 – Swedish-language newspaper Saima, founded by J. V. Snellman

The year 1844 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. June 12 – Abingdon Road railway station near Culham on

Mormonism, founded by Joseph Smith in the 1820s. After Smith's death in 1844, Brigham Young became the new leader of the movement. As the result of the

1844 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Events Ben Caunt and Tom Hyer retain the Championships of England and the United States respectively

On 21 March 1844, the Sublime Porte of the Ottoman Empire submitted a note to the British and French embassies promising to cease the executions of apostates

Louis Antoine of France, Duke of Angoulême (6 August 1775 – 3 June 1844) was the elder son of Charles X of France and the last Dauphin of France from 1824