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Historical Event(s)
– The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
– 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.
– First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon – British defeat Sikhs in final battle of the war
– Beginning of the Galician peasant revolt.
– 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.
– Mexican-American War: Siege of Fort Texas.
– Mexican-American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.
– 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).
– William TG Morton first demonstrated ether anesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital in the Ether Dome.
Who Were Born On ?
– Wilhelm Maybach, German automotive designer (d. 1929)
– Julian Scott, American artist and American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1901)
– Wilson Barrett, English playwright (d. 1904)
– Luigi Denza, Italian composer (d. 1922)
– Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (d. 1850)
– Jurgis Bielinis, Lithuanian book-smuggler (d. 1918)
– Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and writer (d. 1900)
– Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (d. 1921)
– George Westinghouse, American engineer and inventor (d. 1914)
– Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1869)