Today in History for July 1843
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Months in 1843: January February March April May June August September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 4 of 4
2nd - An alligator falls from sky during a Charleston SC thunderstorm
5th - Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil government in Oregon Country
12th - Mormon leader Joseph Smith say God OKs polygamy
19th - Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and also becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 4 of 4
5th - Mandell Creighton, English bishop/historian
7th - Camillo Golgi, Lombary Austrian Empire, physician/cytologist (Nobel 1906), (d. 1926)
29th - Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (d. 1901)
31st - Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet (d. 1918)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 4 of 4
2nd - Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, dies at 88
9th - Washington Allston, US painter/author, dies at 63
16th - Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, politician, dies at 68
25th - Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and inventor (b. 1766)
