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1846

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s

Years: 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 - 1846 - 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851

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Table of contents

1 Events 2 Ongoing events 3 Year in topic 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Heads of State

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.
• 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.
• May 17 - The Saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax
• 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.
• December 28: Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
• Emperor Komei ascends to the throne of Japan

• Potato crop fails in Ireland

Ongoing events

• Mexican-American War (1846-1848)

Year in topic

• 1846 in literature:
  • The Devil's Pond - George Sand
• 1845 in music:
  • Strauss's Life of Jesus which inaugurates the 2nd Quest of the Historical Jesus
• 1846 in science:
  • September 23: Discovery of Neptune by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.
• 1846 in sports:
  • June 19: first baseball game under recognizable modern rules.

Births

• February 9 - Wilhelm Maybach, designer of engines and cars, industrialist (+ 1929)
• February 18 - Wilson Barrett, actor
• February 26 - Buffalo Bill, pioneer and officer, hunter and carny (+ 1917)
• April 4 - Comte de Lautreamont, French poet and writer. (+ 1870)
• May 25 - Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, third daughter of Queen Victoria

Deaths

• June 1 - Pope Gregory XVI
• Emperor Ninko of Japan

Heads of State

• China - Daoguang Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (September 2, 1820 to February 25, 1850)
• Denmark - Christian VIII, King of Denmark (December 13, 1839 to January 20, 1848)
• France - Louis-Phillippe, King of the French (August 1, 1830 to February 24, 1848)
• Norway - Oscar I, King of Sweden and Norway (1844-1859)
• Ottoman Empire - Abd-ul-Mejid, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (July 2, 1839 to June 25, 1861)
• Prussia - Frederick William IV, King of Prussia (1840-1861)
• Russia - Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (December 26, 1825 to March 2, 1855)
• Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (September 29, 1833 to September, 1868)
• United States - James Polk, President of the United States (1845-1849)

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