Timeline July 1844

Events in July 1844 8

• 1766 – 1844 John Dalton (1766-1844) Died 27 July 1844, aged 77 English chemist and physicist who developed modern atomic theory and proposed that each element is made of atoms of a distinct weight. He also gave the first scientific description of colour blindness, which is sometimes called Daltonism.
• 1768 – 1844 Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844) Died 28 July 1844, aged 76 Elder brother of Napoleon, who made him King of Naples and then King of Spain. After Napoleon's fall he lived for many years in exile in the United States. He died in Florence.
• 1791 – 1844 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791-1844) Died 29 July 1844, aged 53 Composer, pianist and teacher, and the youngest son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He spent much of his career in Lemberg (Lviv).
• 1844 The Three Musketeers serialised Dumas's novel appears in Le Siècle Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers was published in instalments in the Paris newspaper Le Siècle. It followed d'Artagnan and the musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis. It became one of the most widely read adventure novels ever written.
• 1844 – 1908 Pablo de Sarasate Spanish violin virtuoso Spanish violinist and composer whose Carmen Fantasy and Zigeunerweisen remain showpieces for every great violinist.
• 1844 Treaty of Wanghia First treaty between the United States and China Caleb Cushing and the Qing official Qiying signed the treaty at Wangxia near Macau. It gave the United States trading rights in the treaty ports and extraterritorial jurisdiction over American citizens in China. These terms were similar to those Britain had won after the First Opium War.
• 1844 Hōne Heke cuts down the Kororāreka flagstaff Māori chief's protest opens the Flagstaff War Ngāpuhi chief Hōne Heke cut down the British flagstaff on Maiki Hill above Kororāreka in protest at colonial rule. He cut it down several more times in the months that followed. The dispute grew into the Flagstaff War of 1845–46.
• 1844 Bank Charter Act Bank of England given control of banknote issue Robert Peel's Bank Charter Act limited the issue of new banknotes to the Bank of England. It also required that notes issued beyond a fixed amount be backed by gold. The act formed the basis of British monetary policy for much of the nineteenth century.