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1846 was a Common Year Starting On Thursday (see link for calendar).
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 .
- in Ireland during the Irish Potato Famine .
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- April 27 - The first arrival of a Train to Celje .
- - Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande at Palo Alto, Texas in the first major battle of the war.
- 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 .
- declares independence from Mexico .
- 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 . {Link without Title}
- 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.
- 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
- is admitted as the 29th U.S. State .
Ongoing events
Births
- January 5 - Rudolf Christoph Eucken , German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926 )
- 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 )
- November 25 - Carrie Nation , American temperance advocate (d. 1911 )
Deaths
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