Timeline May 1844

Events in May 1844 5

• 1760 – 1844 William Beckford (1760-1844) Died 2 May 1844, aged 83 English novelist, art collector and very wealthy man. He wrote the Gothic novel Vathek and built the extravagant Fonthill Abbey.
• 1767 – 1844 Jacques Laffitte (1767-1844) Died 26 May 1844, aged 76 French banker and liberal politician who helped bring Louis-Philippe to the throne in 1830. He then served as his prime minister.
• 1844 – 1926 Mary Cassatt Impressionism · USA Mary Cassatt (May 22, 1844 – June 14, 1926) was an American Impressionist painter who spent most of her career in France. Degas invited her to exhibit with the Impressionists. Her intimate depictions of women and children are among the finest in the movement.
• 1844 Declaration of the Báb Founding moment of the Bábí faith in Shiraz In Shiraz, Siyyid ʻAlí-Muhammad announced to Mullá Husayn that he was the Báb, the "Gate". The new religious movement soon spread across Persia and faced severe persecution. Bahá'ís also mark the date as a holy day.
• 1844 Morse sends "What hath God wrought" First long-distance telegraph message on the Washington-Baltimore line Samuel Morse sent the message "What hath God wrought" from the US Capitol in Washington to Alfred Vail in Baltimore. The demonstration proved that electric telegraphy worked over long distances. Within a few years, telegraph networks were spreading across the United States and Europe.