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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1810s 1820s 1830s – 1840s – 1850s 1860s 1870s
Years:	1841 1842 1843 – 1844 – 1845 1846 1847

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Events
New Books
Births
Deaths
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Events

February 27 – The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
An American dentist named Wells invents chloroform.

New Books

The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

Births

August 6 – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
May 22 – Mary Cassatt

Deaths

June 27 – Joseph Smith, Jr, founder of Mormonismhe was murderd

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Patrick Collins
John Boyle O'Reilly
Emily Ruete
Ludwig Grillich
Queen Alexandra of Denmark
Melchor Múzquiz

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