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 following the death of the Smith Brothers.
* 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)
Category:19th century