1843 1844 1845

EventsEdit

• Treaty of Wangxia: Qing Dynasty China agrees to give up irs monopoly of coastal shipping and allow Americans to participate.

TimelineEdit

• October 2: Approximately 50,000 New Englanders gather on hilltops to await apocalypse predicted by Baptist preacher-farmer William Miller in 1818. The end of the world does not arrive. Rather take a lesson, many of the faithful will go to create another denomination.