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Events in November 1844 2
1769 – 1844Ivan Krylov (1769-1844)Died 21 November 1844, aged 75Russia's best-known fabulist. Many lines from his fables, which satirised human vice and Russian society, became Russian proverbs.
1844James K. Polk elected US PresidentExpansionist Democrat defeats Henry ClayDemocrat James K. Polk, a dark-horse candidate, defeated Whig leader Henry Clay in a campaign dominated by the annexation of Texas and the Oregon question. Polk's victory was taken as a mandate for territorial expansion.