BIGpedia - 1843 - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online

Years: 1840 1841 1842 - 1843 - 1844 1845 1846
Decades: 1810s 1820s 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 1860s 1870s
Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).

Events

February 6 - The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
February 11 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi premieres in Milan
May 18 - The Disruption of the Church of Scotland took place in Edinburgh
May 22 - The first major wagon train headed for the northwest sets out with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri on the Oregon Trail.
October 13 - In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (the oldest Jewish service organization in the world).
November 28 - Ka Lahui: Hawaiian Independence Day. The Kingdom of Hawai`i was officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
December 17 - First publication of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
James Joule quantifies the conversion of work into heat
In Barbados, the first colored man, Samuel Jackson Prescod , is elected to House of Assembly
Danish government re-establishes althing in Iceland as an advisory body
First tunnel under Thames is finished
Argentina supports Rosas of Uruguay and begins a siege of Montevideo
Quaternions are discovered by William Rowan Hamilton.
The Economist is first published.
Bishop's University is founded.
Abbeville is founded by descendants of Acadians from Nova Scotia.