1844

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1844 was 27 years before the founding of the City of Birmingham and the 25th year of Alabama statehood.

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In 1844, the Dominican Republic gained independence from Haiti. Samuel Morse made the first public demonstration of his telegraph. The Great Flood of 1844 struck the Missouri River and Mississippi River. George Williams founded the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in London. Charles Goodyear received a patent for vulcanization. James K. Polk defeated Henry Clay in the U.S. presidential election.

Notable births in 1844 included department store founder Aaron Montgomery Ward, physicist Ludwig Boltzmann, artist Henri Rousseau, artist Mary Cassatt, Bahá'í religious leader `Abdu'l-Bahá, poet Edward Carpenter, philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, Vienna mayor Karl Lueger, and automotive pioneer Karl Benz. Notable deaths included King Charles XIV John of Sweden, chemist Thomas Charles Hope, poet Thomas Campbell, Mormon leaders Hyrum Smith & Joseph Smith Jr, and chemist & physicist John Dalton.

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