6 events found for 1844
In Shiraz, Iran, the Báb declared himself to be a messenger of God to Mullá Husayn, leading to the foundation of Bábism,
A merchant of Shiraz announces that he is a Prophet and founds a religious movement
The last known pair of great auks (one pictured), the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus of flightless birds, we
From measurements of its motion, German astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel deduced that Sirius, the brightest star in…
Felix Mendelssohn completed the score of his Violin Concerto, his final concerto.