1846 35068 226063713 2008-07-16T17:44:46Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Adding: [[vo:1846]] {{year nav|1846}} {{C19YearInTopicX}} :''For the game, see [[1846 (board game)]].'' Year '''1846''' ('''[[Roman numerals|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]]). <!-- 12-day span=Mon-Sat,Tue-Sun,Wed-Mon,Thu-Tue,Fr-We,Sa-Th,Sun-Fri --> ==Events of 1846== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 5]] - The [[United States House of Representatives]] votes to stop sharing the [[Oregon Territory]] with the [[United Kingdom]]. * [[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]]. * [[April 25]] - [[Mexican-American War]]: Open conflict begins over border disputes of [[Texas]]' boundaries. * [[May 8]] - [[Mexican-American War]]: The [[Battle of Palo Alto]] - [[Zachary Taylor]] defeats a [[Mexico|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 [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|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 [[Paweł Edmund Strzelecki]] a Gold medal "for exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia".{{Fact|date=May 2008}} * [[June 10]] - [[Mexican-American War]]: The [[California Republic]] declares independence from [[Mexico]]. * [[June 14]] - [[Bear Flag Revolt]] begins - [[United States|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]]. * [[June 15]] - Launceston Church Grammar School opened for the first time. * [[June 16]] - [[Pope Pius IX]] succeeds [[Pope Gregory XVI]] as the 255th [[pope]]. * [[July 7]] - Acting on instructions from [[Washington, DC]], [[Commodore (USN)|Commodore]] [[John Drake Sloat]] orders his troops to occupy [[Monterey, California|Monterey]] and [[Yerba Buena]] thus beginning the [[United States]] annexation of [[California]]. * [[September 19]] - [[Our Lady of La Salette|The Virgin Mary]] is said to have appeared to two children in La Salette, France. * [[September 23]] - [[Discovery of Neptune]]: The planet is observed for the first time by [[Germany|German]] astronomers [[Johann Gottfried Galle]] and [[Heinrich Louis d'Arrest]] as predicted by the British astronomer [[John Couch Adams]] and the French astronomer [[Urbain Le Verrier]], although the planet did not get its current name for many years. * [[October 1]] - [[Christ College, Tasmania]] 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 is the oldest tertiary instituition in [[Australia]]. * [[December 28]]: [[Iowa]] 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 [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. * [[Elias Howe]] patents the [[sewing machine]]. * [[Rotary printing press]] invented, making rapid printing of newspapers possible. *Potato crop fails in [[Ireland]]. *[[Cholera]] epidemic in [[England]]. ===Ongoing events=== * [[Mexican-American War]] (1846-[[1848]]) * [[Great Irish Famine]] ([[1845]]-[[1849]]) ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Koka|Kōka]] 2 &ndash; 3}} <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[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|William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody]], American frontiersman (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]]) * [[July 26]] - [[Texas Jack Omohundro]], American frontier scout, actor, and cowboy (d. [[1880]]) * [[August 23]] - [[Alexander Milne Calder]], American sculptor (d. [[1923]]) * [[September 16]] - [[Anna Kingsford]], British spiritual writer, doctor, feminist and pioneering vegetarian. * [[November 25]] - [[Carrie Nation]], American temperance advocate (d. [[1911]]) : ''See also [[:Category: 1846 births]].'' ==Deaths== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[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]]) *[[August 16]] - [[Sylvain Charles Valée]], [[Marshal of France]] (b. [[1773]]) *[[September 14]] - [[Jacques Dupre]], Louisiana State Representative, State Senator, and Governor (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]]) **[[Alexander Chavchavadze]], Georgian Romantic poet and military figure (b. [[1786]]) {{commonscat}} : ''See also [[:Category: 1846 deaths]].'' 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