1846

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 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 Kōmei .

in Ireland during the Irish Potato Famine .

April - June

' boundaries.

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 .

May 25 - The Royal Geographical Society awards P.E Strzelecki a Gold medal "for exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia".

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 . {Link without Title}

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 .

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

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 )

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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