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Historical Event(s)
– The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.
– In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following Texas’ annexation by the United States.
– John Henry Newman leaves the Church of England and is received into the Roman Catholic Church.
– The Cambridge Chronicle, America’s oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts
– President James K. Polk asked for and received a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting 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).
– Elizabeth Barrett elopes with Robert Browning.
– 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.
– Neptune is discovered by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams; the discovery is verified by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.
– U.S. forces led by Zachary Taylor capture the Mexican city of Monterrey.
Who Were Born On ?
– Julian Scott, American artist and American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1901)
– Luigi Denza, Italian composer (d. 1922)
– Kate Greenaway, English children’s author and illustrator (d. 1901)
– Randolph Caldecott, British artist and illustrator
– Paolo Tosti, Italian composer (d. 1916)
– Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish independence fighter (d. 1891)
– Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (d. 1921)
– Alexander Milne Calder, American sculptor (d. 1923)
– Catchick Paul Chater, Hong Kong businessman(d. 1926)
– Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist (d. 1907)