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| 1844 |
| | | Daniel O'Connell is acquitted on appeal and released from prison | |
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| 1844 |
| | | In his novel Coningsby Benjamin Disraeli develops the theme of Conservatism uniting 'two nations', the rich and the poor | |
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| 1844 |
| | | The Russian tsar, Nicholas I, calls Turkey 'the sick man of Europe' | |
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| 1844 |
| | | Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels meet in Paris and become life-long friends | |
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| 1844 |
| | | James Polk pledges in his presidential campaign to include the self-proclaimed republic of Texas in the USA | |
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| 1844 |
| | | The Young Men's Christian Association is founded in London by British drapery assistant George Williams | |
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| 1844 |
| | | The Mormon leader, Joseph Smith, and his brother are killed by an armed mob in Nauvoo | |
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| 1844 |
| | | The other half of Hispaniola joins Haiti in declaring independence, as the Dominican Republic | |
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| 1844 |
| | | Samuel Morse and his assistant Alfred Vail complete the first telegraph line, between New York and Baltimore | |
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| 1844 |
| | | Democratic candidate James Polk is elected president of the USA, defeating the Whig Henry Clay | |
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