Earliest known photo of Jerusalem, taken in 1844 by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey.

The first photo in Chinese history, 1844

A daguerreotype portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Best known for his victory over the French at the Battle of Waterloo. Photo taken by Antoine Claudet, 1844.

The Al-Aqsa Mosque and ruins of large stone walls in the Old City of Jerusalem, Palestine, Ottoman Empire, Levant, that section of the city was photographed by the French photographer Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey, c. 1844.

First-ever photos of Jerusalem, Palestine, circa 1842-1844, French photographer Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey

A daguerreotype portrait of the aged Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington taken in 1844. Most well known for leading the British against Napoleon during the Battle of Waterloo.

Daguerreotype portrait of Sir Arthur Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington, at 75 years old in 1844. Photo by Antoine Claudet .

Excavation of the palace of Sargon II in Khorsabad, Iraq, 1844

A photo portrait of the Duke of Wellington, known for his historic defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1814. Taken in 1844.

The earliest photograph of Queen Victoria (a double portrait with the Princess Royal) taken by the miniature painter Henry Collen. 1844