1843
1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).
Events
Births
January 10 - Frank James , American outlaw (d. 1915 )
January 29 - William McKinley , 25th President of the United States (d. 1901 )
April 4 - William Jackson , photographer
April 25 - Princess Alice of the United Kingdom , second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
June 3 - Frederick VIII of Denmark , King
June 9 - Bertha von Suttner , winner of 1905 Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1914 )
June 15 - Edvard Grieg , composer (d. 1907 )
June 30 - Sir Ernest Satow , British diplomat and scholar in East Asia
July 29 - Johannes Schmidt , German linguist (d. 1901 )
August 1 - Robert Todd Lincoln , American statesman, businessman (d. 1926 )
November 27 - Elizabeth Stride, third confirmed victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888 )
November 27 – Cornelius Vanderbilt II , railway magnate (d. 1899 )
December 11 - Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch , German bacteriologist (d. 1910 )
Deaths
March 21 - Robert Southey , English poet (b. 1774 )
March 25 - Robert Murray M'Cheyne , Scottish divine
March 27 - Karl Salomo Zachariae Von Lingenthal , German jurist
April 15 - Noah Webster , American lexicographer
April 17 - Samuel Morey , American inventor
June 6 - Friedrich Hölderlin , German poet, novelist, and dramatist (b. 1770 )
July 7 - John Holmes , American politician
William Abbot - English actor
Francis Scott Key , writer of the "Star Spangled Banner"