Editing 1844 (section)

=== July–September ===
* [[July 3]] – The United States signs the [[Treaty of Wanghia]] with the Qing Empire.<ref>{{cite web |title=Treaty Of Wangxia (Treaty Of Wang-Hsia 望廈條約), May 18, 1844 |url=https://china.usc.edu/treaty-wangxia-treaty-wang-hsia-%E6%9C%9B%E5%BB%88%E6%A2%9D%E7%B4%84-may-18-1844 |website=USC US-China Institute |publisher=USC Annenberg}}</ref> The treaty establishes five U.S. [[treaty ports]] in China with [[extraterritoriality]] and is the first treaty that the United States imposed on the dynasty.
* [[July 19]] – The [[Bank Charter Act 1844]] is approved, which restricts the powers of British banks, limiting note-issuing powers outside the central Bank of England.
* [[August 8]] – During a meeting held in [[Nauvoo, Illinois]], the [[Quorum of the Twelve]], headed by [[Brigham Young]], is chosen as the leading body of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].
* [[August 10]] – German astronomer [[Friedrich Bessel]] deduces from the motion of the [[List of brightest stars|bright stars]] [[Sirius]] and [[Procyon]] that they have dark companions.<ref name="Bessel1844">{{cite journal | bibcode=1844MNRAS...6R.136B | title=On the Variations of the Proper Motions of ''Procyon'' and ''Sirius'' | journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume=6 | issue=11 |date=December 1844 | pages=136–141 | doi=10.1093/mnras/6.11.136a| last1=Bessel | first1=F. W. | doi-access=free }}</ref>
* [[August 14]] – [[Abdelkader El Djezairi]] is defeated at the [[Battle of Isly]] in [[Morocco]]; sultan [[Abd al-Rahman of Morocco]] soon repudiates his ally.
* [[August 16]] – [[Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa, 1st Count of Manila|Narciso Claveria]], [[Governor-General of the Philippines]], makes a decree announcing that Monday, December 30, 1844, will be immediately followed by Wednesday, January 1, 1845. (Tuesday, December 31, 1844, is removed from the Philippine calendar because since 1521 the country has been one day behind its [[Asia]]n neighbors.)
* [[August 28]] – [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Karl Marx]] meet in Paris, France.
* [[September 25]]–[[September 27|27]] – The first ever [[international cricket]] match is played in New York City, [[United States v Canada (1844)|United States v Canadian Provinces]].