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This page is about the year 1846. For the board game, see
1846 (board game)
.
1846
(
MDCCCXLVI
) was a
common year starting on Thursday
(see link for calendar).
1846
Events
Ongoing events
Births
Deaths
top
Events
January 5
- The
United States House of Representatives
votes to stop sharing the
Oregon Territory
with the
United Kingdom
.
February 5
-
The Oregon Spectator
becomes the first
newspaper
on the
Pacific
coast of the
United States
.
February 10
- Many
Mormon
s begin their migration west from
Nauvoo, Illinois
to
Great Salt Lake
led by
Brigham Young
.
February 19
- In
Austin, Texas
the newly-formed
Texas
state government
is officially installed.
March 10
-
Prince Osahito
, fourth son of deceased
Emperor Ninko of Japan
, becomes
Emperor Komei of Japan
.
March 13
-
Ballinglass Incident
: eviction of 300 tenants at the village of
Ballinglass
in
Ireland
during the
Irish Potato famine
.
April 25
-
Mexican-American War
: Open conflict begins over border disputes of
Texas
' boundaries.
April 27
- The first arrival of a
train
to
Celje
.
May 8
-
Mexican-American War
: The
Battle of Palo Alto
-
Zachary Taylor
defeats a
Mexican
force north of the
Rio Grande
at
Palo Alto, Texas
in the first major battle of the war.
May 13
-
Mexican-American War
: The
United States
declares war on
Mexico
.
16 May
- Under the leadership of
British
Prime Minister
Robert Peel
, the British
Parliament
repeals the
Corn Laws
, replacing the old
Colonial
mercantile trade system with
Free Trade
.
May 17
- The
Saxophone
is patented by
Adolphe Sax
.
June 10
-
Mexican-American War
: The
California Republic
declares independence from
Mexico
.
June 10
-
Grinnell College
was founded.
June 14
-
Bear Flag Revolt
begins -
American
settlers in
Sonoma, California
start a rebellion against
Mexico
and proclaim the
California Republic
.
June 15
- The
Oregon Treaty
establishes the
49th parallel
as the border between the
United States
and
Canada
, from the
Rocky Mountains
to the
Strait of Juan de Fuca
.
*
June 16
-
Pope Pius IX
succeeds
Pope Gregory XVI
as the 253rd
pope
.
July 7
- Acting on instructions from
Washington, DC
,
Commodore
John Drake Sloat
orders his troops to occupy
Monterey
and
Yerba Buena
thus beginning the
United States
annexation of
California
.
August 14
- The
Cape Girardeau
meteorite, a 2.3
kg
chondrite type
meteorite
struck earth 7.5 miles (12 km) south of the town of
Cape Girardeau
in
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
.
September 23
–
Neptune
discovered by
German
astronomers
Johann Gottfried Galle
and
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
, although the planet did not get its current name for many years.
October 1
-
Christ College
opens with the hope that it would develop along the lines of an
Oxbridge
college and provide the basis for university education in
Tasmania
. Today, its the oldest tertiary instituition in
Australia
.
October 16
-
Boston
dentist
William T.G. Morton
uses
ether
anesthesia
for the first time when he assist in removal of a tumor in the
Massachusetts General Hospital
December 28
:
Iowa
is admitted as the 29th
U.S. state
.
The portion of the
District of Columbia
that was ceded by
Virginia
in
1790
is re-ceded to
Virginia
.
Potato crop fails in
Ireland
.
Electric Telegraph
Company founded in
Britain
.
Elias Howe
patents the
sewing machine
.
Railway Mania
in
Britain
reaches its zenith.
Rotary printing press
invented making rapid printing of newspapers possible.
top
Ongoing events
Mexican-American War
(1846-1848)
Irish Potato Famine
(1845-1849)
top
Births
January 5
-
Rudolf Christoph Eucken
, German writer,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d.
1926
)
January 27
-
M. Lewis Clark
American founder of
Kentucky Derby
(d.
1899
)
February 2
-
Francis Marion Smith
, American borax magnate (d.
1931
)
February 9
-
Wilhelm Maybach
, German automobile designer (d.
1929
)
February 18
-
Wilson Barrett
, English actor (d.
1904
)
February 26
-
Buffalo Bill
, American hunter and entertainer (d.
1917
)
April 4
-
Comte de Lautreamont
, French writer (d.
1870
)
May 5
-
Henryk Sienkiewicz
, Polish author,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d.
1916
)
June 11
-
William Louis Marshall
, American general and engineer (d.
1920
)
June 27
-
Charles Stewart Parnell
, Irish political leader (d.
1891
)
July 17
-
Tokugawa Iemochi
, Japanese shogun (d.
1866
)
September 16
-
Dr Anna Kingsford
, British spiritual writer, female doctor, feminist and poineering vegetarian.
November 25
-
Carrie Nation
, American temperance advocate (d.
1911
)
top
Deaths
February 21
-
Emperor Ninko of Japan
(b.
1800
)
March 17
-
Friedrich Bessel
, German mathematician and astronomer (b.
1784
)
May 23
-
Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki
, Polish politician (b.
1778
)
June 1
-
Pope Gregory XVI
(b.
1765
)
June 8
-
Rodolphe Töpffer
, Swiss author, painter, and caricature artist (b.
1799
)
August 16
-
Sylvain Charles Valée
,
Marshal of France
(b.
1773
)
September 23
-
John Ainsworth Horrocks
, English-born explorer of South Australia (b.
1818
)
October 2
-
Benjamin Waterhouse
, Cambridge physician and medical professor (
smallpox
vaccine
pioneer
) (b.
1754
)
November 6
-
Karol Marcinkowski
, Polish physician and social activist (b.
1800
)
November 6 -
Alexander Chavchavadze
, Georgian Romantic poet and military figure (b.
1786
)
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