Timeline March 1843

Events in March 1843 5

• 1774 – 1843 Robert Southey (1774-1843) Died 21 March 1843, aged 68 Robert Southey was an English Romantic poet, one of the Lake Poets, and Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death. He is also remembered for writing the best-known version of the story of the three bears.
• 1843 Congress funds Morse's telegraph line $30,000 granted for a Washington-Baltimore line The United States Congress voted $30,000 for Samuel Morse to build an experimental telegraph line between Washington and Baltimore. The line carried its first message in May 1844 and showed that electric telegraphy worked in practice.
• 1843 Fall of Jean-Pierre Boyer in Haiti President of 25 years overthrown and exiled A revolt led by Charles Rivière-Hérard forced President Jean-Pierre Boyer to resign and go into exile in Jamaica. His fall weakened Haitian control of the eastern part of the island, which declared independence as the Dominican Republic in 1844.
• 1843 Battle of Hyderabad completes the conquest of Sindh Napier defeats Sher Muhammad Talpur at Dubba Napier defeated the remaining Talpur forces under Sher Muhammad at Dubba near Hyderabad. Sindh was then annexed to British India, which ended the rule of the Talpur dynasty.
• 1843 Thames Tunnel opens First tunnel known to be built under a navigable river The Thames Tunnel between Rotherhithe and Wapping opened to pedestrians after nearly two decades of construction led by Marc Isambard Brunel and his son Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It was the first tunnel known to have been built under a navigable river.