Years: 1843 1844 1845 - 1846 - 1847 1848 1849

Decades: 1810s 1820s 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 1860s 1870s

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1846 in art 1846 in literature 1846 in rail transport 1846 in science 1846 in music 1846 in sports List of state leaders in 1846 List of religious leaders in 1846

Contents

1 Events 2 Ongoing events 3 Births 4 Deaths

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.
• March 10 - Prince Osahito, fourth son of deceased Emperor Ninko of Japan, becomes Emperor Komei of Japan.
• 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 10 - Mexican-American War: The California Republic declares independence from Mexico.
• June 10 - Grinnell College: The first American college or university to the West of the Mississippi River is 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.[1] (http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/two/oretreat.htm)
• 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.
• September 23 – Neptune found (though not named that for years)
• December 28: Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.

• The portion of the District of Columbia that was ceded by Virginia in 1790 is re-ceded to Virginia.
• Potato crop fails in Ireland
• Electric Telegraph Company founded in Britain
• Liberia declares independence as a republic
• Elias Howe patents the sewing machine

Ongoing events

• Mexican-American War (1846-1848)

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 5 - Henryk Sienkiewicz, author, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature 1905 (d. 1916)
• May 25 - Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, third daughter of Queen Victoria
• November 25 - Carrie Nation, advocate of temperance movement.

Deaths

• June 1 - Pope Gregory XVI
• June 8 - Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter and caricature artist. He is also considered to be the first modern comic creator.
• November 6 - Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and social activist (b. 1800)

• Emperor Ninko of Japan

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