Timeline February 1843

Events in February 1843 6

• 1843 Guadeloupe earthquake Earthquake destroys Pointe-à-Pitre A powerful earthquake struck the Lesser Antilles and destroyed most of Pointe-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe, where the fire that followed added to the damage. Several thousand people were killed.
• 1843 Great Siege of Montevideo begins Oribe's forces start a siege that lasts nine years Manuel Oribe's Blanco forces, backed by Juan Manuel de Rosas of Argentina, began besieging Montevideo during the Uruguayan Civil War. The siege lasted until 1851.
• 1843 Battle of Miani Charles Napier defeats the Talpur amirs of Sindh A British force under General Sir Charles Napier defeated a much larger army of the Baluchi amirs of Sindh near Hyderabad. The victory began the British conquest of Sindh.
• 1843 Kierkegaard publishes Either/Or Debut work of the Danish philosopher appears in Copenhagen Søren Kierkegaard published Either/Or under the pseudonym Victor Eremita. It compares an aesthetic way of life with an ethical one and is regarded as a founding text of existentialism.
• 1843 Paulet Affair in Hawaii British captain occupies the Kingdom of Hawaii for five months Captain Lord George Paulet of HMS Carysfort forced King Kamehameha III to cede the Hawaiian Kingdom to Britain. Rear Admiral Richard Thomas restored Hawaiian sovereignty on 31 July, which Hawaii later marked as Restoration Day.
• 1843 Great Comet of 1843 reaches perihelion Sungrazing comet visible in daylight The Great March Comet passed extremely close to the Sun and became visible in daylight. Its tail stretched across a large part of the sky, and it was one of the brightest comets of the nineteenth century.