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List of 1843 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1843

What happened in the year 1843?

Date Event
February 6, 1843 The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
February 11, 1843 Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.
February 25, 1843 Lord George Paulet occupies the Kingdom of Hawaii in the name of Great Britain in the Paulet Affair (1843).
May 18, 1843 The Disruption in Edinburgh of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland.
June 17, 1843 The Wairau Affray, the first serious clash of arms between Māori and British settlers in the New Zealand Wars, takes place.
June 26, 1843 Treaty of Nanking comes into effect, Hong Kong Island is ceded to the British "in perpetuity".
July 19, 1843 Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
August 15, 1843 The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
August 15, 1843 Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
September 3, 1843 King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens.
September 13, 1843 The Greek Army rebels (OS date: September 3) against the autocratic rule of king Otto of Greece, demanding the granting of a constitution.
September 21, 1843 The crew of schooner Ancud, including John Williams Wilson, takes possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the Chilean government.[2]
October 13, 1843 In New York City, B'nai B'rith, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world, is founded.
October 14, 1843 Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell is arrested by the British on charges of criminal conspiracy.
October 16, 1843 William Rowan Hamilton invents quaternions, a three-dimensional system of complex numbers.
November 28, 1843 Ka Lā Hui (Hawaiian Independence Day): The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
December 16, 1843 The discovery of octonions by John T. Graves, who denoted them with a boldface O, was announced to his mathematician friend William Hamilton, discoverer of quaternions, in a letter on this date.