What is 1844?
{{Year nav|1844}} {{Year in various calendars|1844}} {{Year article header|1844}} == Events == * [[February 27]] – The [[Dominican Republic]] gains independence from [[Haiti]]. == New Books == * ''The Luck of Barry Lyndon'' by [[William Makepeace Thackeray]] == Births == *[[May 22]] – [[Mary Cassatt]], American artist (d. [[1926]]) *[[July 4]] – [[Edmonia Lewis]], American [[sculptor]] (d. [[1907]]) *[[August 6]] – [[Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (d. [[1900]]) == Deaths == * [[June 27]] – [[Joseph Smith, Jr]], founder of [[Mormonism]]he was raped and murderd [[Category:1844| ]]