Timeline January 1843

Events in January 1843 6

• 1779 – 1843 Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) Died 11 January 1843, aged 63 Francis Scott Key was an American lawyer who wrote the poem Defence of Fort M'Henry after watching the British bombard Baltimore in 1814. Set to music, it became The Star-Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the United States.
• 1843 Poe publishes The Tell-Tale Heart Short story appears in The Pioneer Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart was published in James Russell Lowell's magazine The Pioneer. The story is narrated by a murderer who is driven to confess by the imagined beating of his victim's heart, and it is one of Poe's best-known works.
• 1843 Premiere of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman Wagner conducts the first performance in Dresden Richard Wagner conducted the first performance of Der fliegende Holländer at the Royal Saxon Court Opera in Dresden. It is the earliest of his operas to stay in the standard repertoire.
• 1843 Premiere of Donizetti's Don Pasquale Comic opera opens at the Théâtre-Italien in Paris Gaetano Donizetti's comic opera Don Pasquale premiered at the Théâtre-Italien in Paris. It is regarded as one of the last great works of the opera buffa tradition.
• 1843 – 1907 Edvard Grieg Norwegian national composer Norwegian composer whose Piano Concerto and Peer Gynt Suite made him the most celebrated Scandinavian composer of the 19th century.
• 1843 – 1901 William McKinley 25th President — led US into imperialism William McKinley (Jan 29, 1843 – Sep 14, 1901) was the 25th President 1897-1901. He led the US to victory in the Spanish-American War (1898), acquiring Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. He was assassinated in 1901.