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Died on Sunday November 24, 1844
- Charles François VION (81), Épehy,80271,Somme,Picardie,FRANCE
- Carel Leendert Ploeg (1), 's-Gravenhage
- Antonij Jonkers (75), Boxtel, NL
- Dorothea Schaapveld (35), Oer
- Antony Jonkers (75), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna Catharina LUIJCKX (28), Arendonk (Antwerpen), België
- David Richardson (79), Mount Desert, Hancock County, Maine, United States of America
- Dingena (Kwaak) Quaak (44), Goes
- Albert Post (6), Urk
- Anthonius Hijronimus Gallee (0), Vlaardingen
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from November 24, 1844 at Delpher
Born on November 24
- 1826 » Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author († 1890)
- 1840 » John Alfred Brashear, American scientist, telescope maker and educator († 1920)
- 1849 » Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright († 1924)
- 1851 » John Indermaur, British lawyer († 1925)
- 1857 » Miklós Kovács, Hungarian-Slovene poet and songwriter († 1937)
- 1859 » Cass Gilbert, American architect, designed the United States Supreme Court Building and Woolworth Building († 1934)
- 1864 » Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and illustrator († 1901)
- 1868 » Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer († 1917)
- 1869 » Óscar Carmona, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal († 1951)
- 1873 » Julius Martov, Russian politician († 1923)
Died on November 24
- 1781 » James Caldwell, American minister (b. 1734)
- 1793 » Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Finance (b. 1723)
- 1801 » Franz Moritz von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b. 1725)
- 1801 » Philip Hamilton, Oldest son of Alexander Hamilton (b. 1782)
- 1807 » Joseph Brant, American tribal leader (b. 1742)
- 1848 » William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1779)
- 1870 » Comte de Lautréamont, Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1846)
- 1885 » Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (b. 1837)
- 1890 » August Belmont, German-American banker and politician, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1816)
- 1895 » Ludwik Teichmann, Polish anatomist (b. 1823)
Names that were popular for boys in 1844
- Jan
- Johannes
- Hendrik
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Jacobus
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Dirk
- Adrianus
- Franciscus
- Joseph
- Joannes
- Hendrikus
Names that were popular for girls in 1844
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Catharina
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Adriana
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Elizabeth
- Grietje
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Aaltje
- Trijntje
- Antje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1844
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- May 1 » Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second modern police force and Asia's first, is established.
- May 23 » Declaration of the Báb the evening before the 23rd: A merchant of Shiraz announces that he is a Prophet and founds a religious movement that would later be brutally crushed by the Persian government. He is considered to be a forerunner of the Bahá'í Faith; Bahá'ís celebrate the day as a holy day.
- June 6 » The Glaciarium, the world's first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.
- June 6 » The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
- June 15 » Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
- June 27 » Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
The weather on Sunday November 24, 1844
The temperature on November 24, 1844 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: betrokken regen.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI