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Historical Event(s)
– The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.
– After the Milwaukee Bridge War, Juneautown and Kilbourntown unify as the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
– Beginning of the Galician peasant revolt.
– The Donner Party of pioneers departs Springfield, Illinois, for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and survival.
– Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican-American War.
– The Papal conclave of 1846 concludes. Pope Pius IX is elected Pope beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy (not counting St. Peter).
– The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donates $500,000.
– Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
– Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.
– U.S. forces led by Zachary Taylor capture the Mexican city of Monterrey.
Who Were Born On ?
– Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (d. 1915)
– Charles Beresford, British admiral and politician (d. 1919)
– Jurgis Bielinis, Lithuanian book-smuggler (d. 1918)
– Kate Greenaway, English children’s author and illustrator (d. 1901)
– Samuel Johnson, Yoruba historian and priest (d. 1901)
– Daniel Burnham, American architect (d. 1912)
– Catchick Paul Chater, Hong Kong businessman(d. 1926)
– Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian Slovene writer (d. 1906)
– Nectarios of Aegina, Greek Orthodox saint (d. 1920)
– Georges Auguste Escoffier, French chef (d. 1935)