1846
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1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar).
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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 Mormons 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.
- 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: The first American college or university to the West of the Mississippi River is 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.[1]
- June 21 – Pope Pius IX ascends to the Holy See.
- 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.
- 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
- Liberia declares independence as a republic
- Elias Howe patents the sewing machine
- Railway Mania in Great Britain reaches its zenith
Ongoing events
- Mexican-American War (1846–1848)
- Irish potato famine (1845–1849)
Births
- January 5 – Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German writer (d. 1926)
- 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, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature (d. 1916)
- November 25 – Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate (d. 1911)
Deaths
- February 21 – Emperor Ninko of Japan (b. 1800)
- June 1 – Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765)
- June 8 – Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss author, painter, and caricature artist (b. 1799)
- November 6 – Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and social activist (b. 1800)
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