1846 Calendar
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1846 Historical Event(s)
January 5, 1846
– The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
January 28, 1846
– The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.
May 13, 1846
– Mexican-American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.
May 24, 1846
– Mexican-American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.
June 14, 1846
– Bear Flag Revolt begins – Anglo settlers in Sonoma, California, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic.
June 15, 1846
– 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 19, 1846
– The first officially recorded, organized baseball match is played under Alexander Cartwright’s rules on Hoboken, New Jersey’s Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23-1. Cartwright umpired.
June 28, 1846
– The saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax in Paris, France.
September 12, 1846
– Elizabeth Barrett elopes with Robert Browning.
September 14, 1846
– Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
Who Were Born On 1846?
January 5, 1846
– Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1926)
February 9, 1846
– Wilhelm Maybach, German automotive designer (d. 1929)
February 10, 1846
– Charles Beresford, British admiral and politician (d. 1919)
February 24, 1846
– Luigi Denza, Italian composer (d. 1922)
March 16, 1846
– Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician (d. 1927)
April 4, 1846
– Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (d. 1870)
June 27, 1846
– Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish independence fighter (d. 1891)
October 28, 1846
– Georges Auguste Escoffier, French chef (d. 1935)
November 5, 1846
– Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1869)
November 7, 1846
– Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist (d. 1907)