1844

Major events of 1844 AD include:

Events

 * August 8. The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
 * October 22. Date predicted by the Millerites for the Second Coming of Jesus; leads to the Great Disappointment.

Births

 * May 17. Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918)
 * July 22. William Archibald Spooner, British scholar and Anglican priest (d. 1930)
 * November 10. Henry Eyster Jacobs, American Lutheran theologian (d. 1932)
 * Maria Woodworth-Etter, Assemblies of God evangelist.

Deaths

 * June 27. Joseph Smith, Jr, founder of Mormonism, and his brother Hyram (martyred by a mob of 150 in Carthage Jail, Carthage, Illinois)