Notable Historical Events - 1846
1846 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Yucatan declares independence from Mexico |
Jan 5 |
The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom. |
Jan 21 |
1st edition of Charles Dickens' "Daily News" |
Jan 28 |
Battle of Allwal, British beat Sikhs in Punjab (India) |
Jan 31 |
After the Milwaukee Bridge War, Juneautown and Kilbourntown unified as the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
Feb 1 |
Theophile Gautier publishes "Hashish Club" about his initiation |
Feb 4 |
Mormons leave Nauvoo, Illinois for settlement in the west |
Feb 5 |
"Oregon Spectator" is 1st newspaper to be published on the West Coast |
Feb 10 |
Beginning of Mormon march to west US |
Feb 10 |
British defeat Sikhs in battle of Sobraon, India |
Feb 16 |
Battle of Sobraon ends 1st Sikh War in India |
Feb 19 |
Texas state government formally installed in Austin |
Feb 20 |
British occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore |
Feb 21 |
1st US woman telegrapher, Sarah G Bagley, Lowell, Mass |
Feb 23 |
Polish revolutionaries march on Kraków, but are defeated |
Mar 13 |
Friedrich Hebbel's "Maria Magdalena" premieres in Königsberg |
Mar 25 |
German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt arrives in Sydney to a hero's welcome after completing his exploration of Australia's Northern Territory |
Apr 25 |
Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican-American War. |
May 1 |
Ida Pfeiffer (48) begins trip around world |
May 3 |
Mexican army surrounds fort in Texas |
May 4 |
US state Michigan ends death penalty |
May 8 |
1st major battle of Mexican War fought at Palo Alto, Texas |
May 9 |
Battle of Resaca de la Palma-US sends Mexico back to Rio Grande |
May 13 |
US declares war on Mexico, 2 months after fighting begins |
May 18 |
US troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros |
May 21 |
1st steamship arrives in Hawaii |
May 24 |
General Zachary Taylor captures Monterey in Mexican War |
Jun 5 |
Telegraph line opens between Phila & Balt |
Jun 8 |
Battle at Gwanga: British troops beat Bantu |
Jun 10 |
Robert Thomson obtains an English patent on a rubber tyre |
Jun 14 |
Belgian Liberal Party forms |
Jun 14 |
California (Bear Flag) Republic proclaimed in Sonoma, declaring independence from Mexico |
Jun 15 |
Oregon Treaty signed, setting US-British boundary at 49°N |
Jun 19 |
First offically recognised baseball game (played by Cartwright Rules) - NY Nines 23 defeat Knickerbockers 1 at Hoboken, New Jersey |
Jun 24 |
Residency tax on Jews of Hungary abolished |
Jun 28 |
Saxophone is patented by Antoine Joseph Sax |
Jul 7 |
US annexs California |
Jul 9 |
Capt Montgomery claims Yerba Buena (SF) for US |
Jul 9 |
The territory of the District of Columbia south of the Potomac River (39 mi² or about 100 km²) is returned to Virginia through an Act of Congress. |
Jul 21 |
Mormons found 1st English settlement in California (San Joaquin Valley) |
Aug 5 |
Oregon territory divided between US & Britain at 49th parallel |
Aug 10 |
US Act of Congress passes establishing the Smithsonian Institution, now world's largest museum and research complex |
Aug 14 |
Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance |
Aug 14 |
The Cape Girardeau meteorite, a 2.3 kg chondrite-type meteorite strikes near the town of Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. |
Aug 17 |
US fleet officer Robert F Stockton annexes California |
Aug 18 |
Gen Stephen W Kearney's US forces captures Santa Fe NM |
Aug 26 |
Felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah" premieres |
Aug 26 |
W A Bartlett appointed 1st US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF) |
Sep 10 |
Elias Howe patents sewing machine |
Sep 15 |
Jung Bahadur Rana grabs power in Nepal |
Sep 18 |
Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning exchange last letters before eloping |
Sep 23 |
Johann Gottfried Galle & Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune |
Sep 25 |
US troops under Gen Taylor occupies Monterey Mexico |
Sep 30 |
Anesthetic ether used for 1st time by American dentist Dr William Morton who extracts a tooth |
Oct 10 |
Alexis de Tocqueville writes about "Algerian problem" |
Oct 10 |
Neptune's moon Triton discovered by William Lassell |
Oct 15 |
Dr William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether |
Oct 16 |
Dentist William T Morton demonstrates effectiveness of ether |
Oct 28 |
Pioneers suffer blizzard in Sierra Nevada; 42 die |
Oct 31 |
Donner party, unable to cross the Donner Pass, construct a winter camp |
Nov 4 |
Benjamin Palmer patents artificial leg |
Nov 5 |
Robert Schumann's 2nd Symphony in C premieres |
Dec 5 |
C F Schoenbein obtains patent for cellulose nitrate explosive |
Dec 6 |
Opera "La Damnation de Faust" is produced (Paris) |
Dec 8 |
Hector Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust" premieres |
Dec 28 |
Iowa becomes 29th state |
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