Editing 1843 (section)

=== April–June ===
* [[April 7]] – The [[Indian Slavery Act, 1843]] removes legal support for slavery within the territories of the East India Company
* [[April 16]]  or [[April 17|17]] – A group of 24 [[West Indian]] Moravians from [[Jamaica]] and [[Antigua]], recruited by the [[Danes|Danish]] minister and [[Basel Mission|Basel missionary]], [[Andreas Riis]], arrive in Christiansborg ([[Osu, Accra|Osu]]), [[Danish Gold Coast|Gold Coast]], now [[Ghana]], to set up schools and Presbyterian churches in the country.
* [[May 4]] – [[Colony of Natal|Natal]] is proclaimed a British colony.
* [[May 18]] – In Edinburgh, the [[Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900)|Free Church of Scotland]] is [[Disruption of 1843|disrupted]] from the [[Church of Scotland]].
* [[May 22]] – The first major [[wagon train]] headed for the American Northwest sets out with 1,000 pioneers from [[Elm Grove, Missouri]], on the [[Oregon Trail]].
* [[May 23]] – [[Chile]] takes possession of the [[Strait of Magellan]].
* [[June 6]] – In [[Barbados]], [[Samuel Jackman Prescod]] is the first non-white person elected to the House of Assembly.
* [[June 17]] – In [[New Zealand]], a posse of British settlers sent to arrest [[Māori people|Māori]] chief [[Te Rauparaha]] clash with members of his [[Ngāti Toa]] tribe, resulting in 26 deaths.
* [[June 21]] – [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s short story "[[The Gold-Bug]]" begins serialization in American newspapers.