Events in the year 1843

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    1843

    1843

  • Oregon Country

    US & British settlers in Oregon Country choose government committee

  • First Minstrel Show

    The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).

  • Electro-Magentic Telegraph Tests

    Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US

  • 1st Catholic Governer

    1st Catholic governor in US, Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office

  • 1st Town Meeting

    Boston conducts its 1st town meeting (Faneuil Hall)

  • World Ending Prediction

    Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today

  • Wagon Train

    1st wagon train, 1000+ depart Independence Missouri for Oregon

  • Sojourner Truth leaves NY

    Sojourner Truth leaves NY to begin her career as antislavery activist

  • Alligator

    An alligator falls from sky during a Charleston SC thunderstorm

  • "A Christmas Carol"

    Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol," in England