9 events found for 1846
The Donner Party, an American pioneer group which became known for resorting to cannibalism when they became trapped in
Hamilton, Ontario (skyline pictured) is granted city status by the Parliament of the Province of Canada
Settlers in Sonoma began rebelling against Mexico, later proclaiming the California Republic and raising a homemade fla
The first officially recorded baseball game in U
Belgian musician Adolphe Sax patented his design of the saxophone (example pictured)
British soldier Frederick John White died after a flogging, leading to a campaign to end the practice in the British…
The English poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (both pictured) married in secret to avoid their…
Near La Salette-Fallavaux in southeastern France, shepherd children Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud reported a…
English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton, the largest moon of Neptune.