1846

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.
   * 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.
   * 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:
        o 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

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