1843

( 1840s: ) 1843
( 1840s: ) 1843
	Year 1843

1833 < 1834 < 1835 < 1836 < 1837 < 1838 < 1839 <1840 < 1841 < 1842 < 1843 > 1844 > 1845 > 1846 > 1847 > 1848 > 1849 > 1850 > 1851 > 1852 > 1853

Events

January 20 – Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná, becomes de facto first prime minister of the Empire of Brazil.
February 25 – Paulet Affair: Lord George Paulet occupies the Kingdom of Hawaii, in the name of Great Britain.
March 8 – The Danish government re-establishes the Althing in Iceland as an advisory body, by royal decree.
March 21 – The world does not end, contrary to the first prediction by American preacher William Miller.
April 7 – The Indian Slavery Act, 1843 removes legal support for slavery within the territories of the East India Company
May 4 – Natal is proclaimed a British colony.
July 12 – Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement in the United States, receives a revelation recommending polygamy.
September 2 – The Economist newspaper is first published in London (preliminary issue dated August).
September 15 (Sept. 3, O.S.) – A Popular uprising in Athens, Greece, including citizens and military captains, demands from King Otto a liberal Constitution from the state, which has been governed since independence (1830) by various domestic and foreign business interests.
November 17 – The city of Shanghai opens for trade with foreigners for the first time, welcoming a party of traders from the United Kingdom.

Event
Pax Brittanica

Group	Type	Description
Marlborough College
Sheffield Hallam University	Public	One of the 1992 "new universities"
Stanford University	Military ranks
B'nai B'rith	NGO	The oldest Jewish service organization in the world

Title	Born	Place of birth	Died	Summary
William McKinley	29 January 1843	Ohio Niles U.S.	14 September 1901	Politician Lawyer