1844
Francis Galton joins the Secret Society the Free Masons
Nicholas Biddle certified Dead Februrary 27, 1844
Ten day before the death of Nicholas Biddle, James Iddings and William Charles Gilman Jr form a new partnership with capital of 15k. February 10, 1844
Philadelphia immigration riot 1844
G Stanley Hall born alive February 1, 1844
George Peabody founds George Peabody & Co
Charles J McCurdy stops serving on the Connecticut General Assembly
George DeForest Lord and Frances Theodora Shelton are married
George W Matsell is appointed the first Police Commisioner of New York City, May 7, 1844
James Harper is elected mayor of New York City
Ernst Curtius returns to Germany from traveling the Polynesian Islands, after his friend Karl Otfried Muller’s death in 1840, and becomes Professor at the University of Berlin
William Charles Gilman Sr moves to New York City