1844
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1844 (MDCCCXLIV) is the 1844th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 19th century, and the 5th year of the 1840s decade.
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Art and culture
- Club des Hashischins starts its activities
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Music
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Literature
- The Concept of Anxiety by Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard
- The Ego and Its Own by Max Stirner
- The Mysteries of London by George W. M. Reynolds
- The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
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Visual arts
- Un autre monde by Grandville
- The Greek Slave by American sculptor Hiram Powers
- Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway by William Turner
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Births
- March 31 – Andrew Lang, Scottish bibliophile (d. 1912)
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
- Anthony Comstock (1844 - 1915)
- Thomas Eakins (1844 - 1916)
- Henri Rousseau (1844 - 1910)
- Gustave-Joseph Witkowski (d. 1923)
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Deaths
- January 27 - Charles Nodier, French author (Smarra, or The Demons of the Night) (b. 1780)
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