1843
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1810s 1820s 1830s – 1840s – 1850s 1860s 1870s |
| Years: | 1840 1841 1842 – 1843 – 1844 1845 1846 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1843 MDCCCXLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2596 |
| Armenian calendar | 1292 ԹՎ ՌՄՂԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6593 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1764–1765 |
| Bengali calendar | 1250 |
| Berber calendar | 2793 |
| British Regnal year | 6 Vict. 1 – 7 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2387 |
| Burmese calendar | 1205 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7351–7352 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4539 or 4479 — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 4540 or 4480 |
| Coptic calendar | 1559–1560 |
| Discordian calendar | 3009 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1835–1836 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5603–5604 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1899–1900 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1764–1765 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4943–4944 |
| Holocene calendar | 11843 |
| Igbo calendar | 843–844 |
| Iranian calendar | 1221–1222 |
| Islamic calendar | 1258–1259 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenpō 14 (天保１４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1770–1771 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4176 |
| Minguo calendar | 69 before ROC 民前69年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 375 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2385–2386 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 1969 or 1588 or 816 — to — 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 1970 or 1589 or 817 |
1843 (MDCCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1843rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 843rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 43rd year of the 19th century, and the 4th year of the 1840s decade. As of the start of 1843, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
[change | change source]- February 6 – The Virginia Minstrels perform the first minstrel show (Bowery Amphitheatre, New York City).
- February 8 – Earthquakes in Guadeloupe magnitude 8.5, 5000 people reported killed.
- February 11 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi premieres in Milan.
- May 18 – The Disruption of the Church of Scotland took place in Edinburgh.
- May 22 – The first major wagon train headed for the northwest sets out with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri, on the Oregon Trail.
- July 19 – The SS Great Britain is launched from Bristol.
- August 15 – Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opened in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- October 13 – In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (the oldest Jewish service organization in the world).
- November 28 – Ka La Ku'oko'a: Hawaiian Independence Day. The Kingdom of Hawai`i was officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
- The world's first commercial Christmas cards are printed by Sir Henry Cole in London.
- December 17 – First publication of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
- James Joule quantifies the conversion of work into heat.
- In Barbados, the first black man, Samuel Jackson Prescod, is elected to the House of Assembly.
- The Danish government re-establishes the althing in Iceland as an advisory body.
- The first tunnel under the Thames is finished.
- Argentina supports Rosas of Uruguay and begins a siege of Montevideo.
- Quaternions are discovered by William Rowan Hamilton.
- The Economist is first published.
- Bishop's University is founded.
- Abbeville is founded by descendants of Acadians from Nova Scotia.
Births
- for more information, see Category:1843 births.
Deaths
- for more information, see Category:1843 deaths.
- January 1 – Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and lyricist (b. 1779)