:''For the game, see
1846 (board game).''
Year '1846' ('
MDCCCXLVI') was a
common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Gregorian Calendar (or a
common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower
Julian calendar).
Events of 1846
January - March
★
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
Mormons begin their migration west from
Nauvoo, Illinois to
Great Salt Lake led by
Brigham Young.
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February 19 - In
Austin, Texas the newly-formed
Texas state government is officially installed.
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March 10 - Prince Osahito, fourth son of deceased
Emperor Ninko of Japan, becomes
Emperor KÅmei.
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March 13 -
Ballinglass Incident: eviction of 300 tenants at the village of
Ballinglass in
Ireland during the
Irish Potato famine.
April - June
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April 25 -
Mexican-American War: Open conflict begins over border disputes of
Texas' boundaries.
★
April 27 - The first arrival of a
train to
Celje.
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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.
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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.
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May 17 - The
Saxophone is patented by
Adolphe Sax.
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May 25 - The Royal Geographical Society awards
P.E Strzelecki a Gold medal "for exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia".
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June 10 -
Mexican-American War: The
California Republic declares independence from
Mexico.
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June 10 -
Grinnell College was founded.
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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.
[1]
★
June 16 -
Pope Pius IX succeeds
Pope Gregory XVI as the 255th
pope.
July - September
★
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 - December
★
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, it's the oldest tertiary instituition in
Australia.
★
December 28:
Iowa is admitted as the 29th
U.S. state.
Undated
★ The portion of the
District of Columbia that was ceded by
Virginia in
1790 is re-ceded to
Virginia.
★
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.
Ongoing events
★
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
★
Irish Potato Famine (1845-1849)
Births
January - June
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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 - December
★
July 17 -
Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shogun (d.
1866)
★
September 16 -
Anna Kingsford, British spiritual writer, doctor, feminist and pioneering vegetarian.
★
November 25 -
Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate (d.
1911)
: ''See also .''
Deaths
January - June
★
February 21 -
Emperor Ninko of Japan (b.
1800)
★
March 17 -
Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer (b.
1784)
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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)
July - December
★
August 16 -
Sylvain Charles Valée,
Marshal of France (b.
1773)
★
September 23 -
John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (b.
1818)
★
November 6 -
Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and social activist (b.
1800)
★
November 6 -
Alexander Chavchavadze, Georgian Romantic poet and military figure (b.
1786)
: ''See also .''
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