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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Events

• January 5 - The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom
• February 5 - The 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.
• 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.
• December 28: Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
• Emperor Komei ascends to the throne of Japan

• Potato crop fails in Ireland

Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy

• 1846 in literature:
  • The Devil's Pond[?] - George Sand
• Strauss's Life of Jesus[?] which inaugurates the 2nd Quest of the Historical Jesus[?]
• April 27: The first arrival of a train to Celje.
• June 19: first baseball game under recognizable modern rules.
• September 23: Discovery of Neptune by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.

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

• Emperor Ninko of Japan