1844 (MDCCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1844th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 844th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 19th century, and the 5th year of the 1840s decade. As of the start of 1844, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1810s 1820s 1830s – 1840s – 1850s 1860s 1870s |
| Years: | 1841 1842 1843 – 1844 – 1845 1846 1847 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1844 MDCCCXLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2597 |
| Armenian calendar | 1293 ԹՎ ՌՄՂԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6594 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 0–1 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1765–1766 |
| Bengali calendar | 1251 |
| Berber calendar | 2794 |
| British Regnal year | 7 Vict. 1 – 8 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2388 |
| Burmese calendar | 1206 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7352–7353 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 4540 or 4480 — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 4541 or 4481 |
| Coptic calendar | 1560–1561 |
| Discordian calendar | 3010 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1836–1837 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5604–5605 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1900–1901 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1765–1766 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4944–4945 |
| Holocene calendar | 11844 |
| Igbo calendar | 844–845 |
| Iranian calendar | 1222–1223 |
| Islamic calendar | 1259–1260 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenpō 15 / Kōka 1 (弘化元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1771–1772 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4177 |
| Minguo calendar | 68 before ROC 民前68年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 376 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2386–2387 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 1970 or 1589 or 817 — to — 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 1971 or 1590 or 818 |
Events
change- February 27 – The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
New Books
change- The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray
Births
change- May 22 – Mary Cassatt, American artist (d. 1926)
- July 4 – Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (d. 1907)
- August 6 – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900)
Deaths
change- June 27 – Joseph Smith, Jr, founder of Mormonismhe was raped and murderd