1843

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s

Years: 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 - 1843 - 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848

Events

• February 6 - The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
• February 11 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi premieres in Milan
• 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.
• October 13 - In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (the oldest Jewish service organization in the world).
• December 17 - First publication of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
• Quaternions are discovered by William Rowan Hamilton.
• The Economist is first published.
• Bishop's University is founded.

Year in topic

• 1843 in literature:
  • A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
• 1843 in music
• 1843 in science

Births

• January 10 - Frank James, American outlaw (d. 1915)
• January 29 - William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (d. 1901
• April 4 - William Jackson, photographer
• April 25 - Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
• June 3 - Frederick VIII of Denmark, King
• June 9 - Bertha von Suttner, winner of 1905 Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1914)
• June 15 - Edvard Grieg, composer (d. 1907)
• June 30 - Sir Ernest Satow, British diplomat and scholar in East Asia
• July 29 - Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (d. 1901)
• August 1 - Robert Todd Lincoln, American statesman, businessman (d. 1926)
• November 27 - Elizabeth Stride, third confirmed victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)
• November 27 – Cornelius Vanderbilt II, railway magnate (d. 1899)
• December 11 - Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (d. 1910)

Deaths

• April 17 - Samuel Morey, American inventor
• June 6 - Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet, novelist, and dramatist
• March 27 - Karl Salomo Zachariae Von Lingenthal, German jurist
• William Abbot - english actor
• Francis Scott Key, writer of the "Star Spangled Banner"

Heads of State

• China - Daoguang Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (September 2, 1820 to February 25, 1850)
• Denmark - Christian VIII, King of Denmark (December 13, 1839 to January 20, 1848)
• France - Louis-Phillippe, King of the French (August 1, 1830 to February 24, 1848)
• Norway - Charles III, King of Norway (1818-1844)
• Ottoman Empire - Abd-ul-Mejid, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (July 2, 1839 to June 25, 1861)
• Prussia - Frederick William IV, King of Prussia (1840-1861)
• Russia - Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (December 26, 1825 to March 2, 1855)
• Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (September 29, 1833 to September, 1868)
• United States - John Tyler, President of the United States (April 4, 1841 to March 4, 1845