1844

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.

• February 27 – The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.

• The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

• 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)

• June 27 – Joseph Smith, Jr, founder of Mormonismhe was raped and murderd