1843

Rulers:

• Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway (1818-1844)

• John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (1841-1845)

• Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)

Events:

• Charenton-Saint-Maurice (France) officially changes its name to Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne.

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart opened in StuttgartGermany.

Births:

• James, Henry (1843-1916)

McKinley, William (1843-1901)

• Pérez Galdós, Benito (1843-1920)

Literature:

• Dickens, Charles (1812-1870): A Christmas Carol (1843)

• Dickens, Charles (1812-1870): Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-1844)

• Gautier, Théophile (1811-1872): Voyage en Espagne (1843)

Music:

• Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848): Don Pasquale (1843)

• Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): I Lombardi (1843)

• Wagner, Richard (1813-1883): Der fliegende Holländer (1843)

Art:

Corot, Camille (1796-1875): Marietta, dite L’odalisque romaine (1843)

• Corot, Camille (1796-1875): Monte Pincio, Rome (1840-50)

• Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877): Courbet au chien noir (1842-44)

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879): Pygmalion (1841-43)

Millais, John Everett (1829-1896): Aeneas Shown the Body of Pallas (1843)

Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875): La bergère assise (1840-50)

• Turner, Joseph (1775-1851): The Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute, Venice (1843)

• Turner, Joseph (1775-1851): The Evening of the Deluge (c.1843)

• Turner, Joseph (1775-1851): The morning after the storm (c.1840-45)

• Turner, Joseph (1775-1851): The Storm (1840-45)

Post navigation