Historical Events In 1846

Sep 10   Elias Howe receives a US patent for his hand-crank sewing machine on this day in history.  

Sep 13   On this day in history richard Kiepert, German cartographer (Africa)  

Sep 15   Jung Bahadur Rana grabs power in Nepal on this day in history.  

Sep 17   In the year 1846 francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer, dies at 84  

Sep 18   Elizabeth Barrett & R Browning exchange last letters before eloping in the year 1846.  

Sep 19   In the year 1846 elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning elopes  

Sep 20   On this day in history agnes Tyrrell, composer  

Sep 23   Johann Gottfried Galle & Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune in the year 1846.  

Sep 23   Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune in the year 1846.  

Sep 23   In the year 1846 neptune discovered by German astronomer Johann Galle  

Sep 25   On this day in history uS troops under Gen Taylor occupies Monterey Mexico  

Sep 30   Anesthetic ether used for 1st time (Dr Wm Morton extracts a tooth) on this day in history.  

Sep 30   On this day in history anesthetic ether used for first time (Dr Wm Morton extracts a tooth)  

Oct 06   George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US in the year 1846.  

Oct 10   Alexis the Tocqueville writes about "Algerian problem" on this day in history.  

Oct 10   In the year 1846 neptune's moon Triton discovered by William Lassell  

Oct 15   In the year 1846 dr William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether  

Oct 16   On this day in history dentist William T Morton demonstrated the effectiveness of ether  

Oct 16   Dentist William T Morton demonstrates effectiveness of ether on this day in history.  

Oct 21   Edmondo de Amicis, Italian writer (Cuore) on this day in history.  

Oct 23   Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer on this day in history.  

Oct 28   Auguste Escoffier, king of chefs & chef of kings on this day in history.  

Oct 28   In the year 1846 pioneers suffer blizzard in Sierra Nevada; 42 die  

Oct 29   Jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronoom, dies at 90 in the year 1846.  

Oct 31   On this day in history donner party, unable to cross the Donner Pass, construct a winter camp  

Nov 02   On this day in history antonio Pena y Goni, composer  

Nov 04   On this day in history benjamin Palmer patents artificial leg  

Nov 04   In the year 1846 gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer  

Nov 05   On this day in history robert Schumann's 2nd Symphony in C, premieres  

Nov 07   Ignaz Brull, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 10   On this day in history martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist/composer  

Nov 18   Aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician on this day in history.  

Nov 19   Emile C Wauters, Belgium, painter (Van der Goes in the Red Monastery) in the year 1846.  

Nov 25   Carry Nation, scourge of barkeepers & drinkers in the year 1846.  

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Jan 01   Nikola Pasic, Serbian nationalist/premier (1891..1926) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Sandor Erkel, composer was born in the year 1846.  

Jan 05   Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Germany, Idealist philosopher (Nobel 1908) was born in the year 1846.  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of albert Cahen, composer  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of william Wallace Gilchrist, composer  

Jan 29   Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (d. 1915) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 30   On this day in history birth of francis H Bradley, British philosopher (neo-idealism)  

Feb 04   Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (d. 1915) was born in the year 1846.  

Jan 05   In the year 1846 death of alfred Thomas Agate, American artist (b. 1812)  

Jan 10   Etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Feb 03   In the year 1846 joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79  

Feb 09   On this day in history henry Gally Knight, architect/writer, dies  

Feb 14   In the year 1846 cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76  

Feb 18   Giovanni Liverati, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Feb 21   Emperor Ninko of Japan (b. 1800) died on this day in history.  

Feb 22   In the year 1846 carolus Antonius Fodor, composer, dies at 77