Page 3: Historical Events In 1846

May 17   Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle   

May 17   Saxophone is patents by Antoine Joseph Sax.   

May 18   US troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros.   

May 21   1st steamship arrives in Hawaii   

May 21   The inaugural steamship arrives in Hawaii.   

May 24   Gen Zachary Taylor captures Monterey in Mexican War   

May 26   Arthur Coquard, composer.   

May 29   Albert Gyorgy earl Apponyi, Hungarian minister of Education.   

May 30   Peter Faberge, Russian jeweller is born   

Jun 01   Gregory XVI, [Bartolomeo A Cappellari]/Mauro, Pope dies at 80   

Jun 04   Josef Sittard, music writer   

Jun 05   Telegraph line opens between Phila and Balt   

Jun 07   Wladyslaw Gorski, composer.   

Jun 08   Battle at Gwanga: British troops beat Bantu.   

Jun 10   Robert Thomson obtains an English patent on a rubber tire.   

Jun 14   Belgian Liberal Party forms.   

Jun 14   California (Bear Flag) Republic proclaimed in Sonoma.   

Jun 14   U.S. settlers in Sonoma proclaim the Republic of California.   

Jun 15   Oregon Treaty signed, setting US-British boundary at 49°N   

Jun 19   1st baseball game (Cartwright Rules)-NY Nines 23, Knickerbockers 1.   

Jun 19   inaugural baseball game (Cartwright Rules)-NY Nines 23, Knickerbockers 1.   

Jun 20   Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67   

Jun 23   George Sax, inventor (saxophone).   

Jun 24   Residency tax on Jews of Hungary abolished   

Jun 26   In London England, British protectionists repeal Corn Laws to raise price of wheat for British farmers; rioting in the streets; British property values fall 50%, and the Canadas will soon feel the effects.   

Jun 27   Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party-Lower house member   

Jun 27   Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish leader is born   

Jun 28   Adrian van de Ende, vicar/protestant reformer, dies at 77   

Jun 30   Ricardo Drigo, composer.   

Jul 03   Achilles Alferaki, composer   

Jul 07   US annexs California   

Jul 09   In this year, Capt Montgomery claims Yerba Buena (SF) for US.   

Jul 19   Charles Edward Pickering, pioneered American spectroscopist   

Jul 21   Mormons are discovered 1st English settlement in Calif (San Joaquin Valley).   

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Jan 01   Nikola pasic: Serbian nationalist/premier (1891..1926)   

Jan 02   Sandor erkel: Composer   

Jan 05   Rudolf christoph eucken: Germany, idealist philosopher (nobel 1908)   

Jan 08   Albert cahen: Composer   

Jan 29   Karol olszewski: Polish scientist   

Jan 30   Francis h bradley: British philosopher (neo-idealism)   

Feb 04   Nikolay umov: Russian physicist   

Feb 09   Wilhelm maybach: German engineer, designer of 1st mercedes   

Jan 05   Alfred thomas agate: American artist (b. 1812)   

Jan 10   Etienne p de senancour: French writer (de l'amour),    

Feb 03   Joseph weigl: Austria composer/conductor (waisenhaus),   

Feb 09   Henry gally knight: Architect/writer,    

Feb 14   Cornelis f van maanen: Dutch supreme court justice,    

Feb 18   Giovanni liverati: Composer,    

Feb 21   Emperor ninko of japan: Emperor ninko of japan (b. 1800)   

Feb 22   Carolus antonius fodor: Composer,