Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1846
Birthdays
- January 5 - Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German writer
- January 29 - Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (d. 1915)
- February 4 - Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (d. 1915)
- February 9 - Wilhelm Maybach, German automotive designer (d. 1929)
- February 9 - Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (d. 1904)
- February 10 - Charles Beresford, British admiral and politician (d. 1919)
- February 10 - Ira Remsen, American chemist (d. 1927)
- February 14 - Julian Scott, American artist and Civil War Medal of Honor recipient. (d. 1901)
- February 18 - Wilson Barrett, English playwright (d. 1904)
- February 24 - Luigi Denza, Italian composer (d. 1922)
- February 26 - William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American frontiersman (d. 1917)
- March 10 - Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
- March 16 - Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician (d. 1927)
- March 17 - Kate Greenaway, English children's author and illustrator (d. 1901)
- April 4 - Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (d. 1870)
- May 5 - Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author
- May 25 - Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1923)
- May 25 - Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and writer(d. 1900)
- May 30 - Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian goldsmith and jeweler (d. 1920)
- June 11 - William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (d. 1920)
- June 19 - Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer (d. 1928)
- June 27 - Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish independence fighter (d. 1891)
- July 11 - Leon Bloy, French writer (d. 1917)
- July 26 - Texas Jack Omohundro, American frontier scout
- August 19 - Luis Martín, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1906)
- August 23 - Alexander Milne Calder, American sculptor (d. 1923)
- September 4 - Daniel Burnham, American architect (d. 1912)
- October 6 - George Westinghouse, American engineer and inventor (d. 1914)
- October 28 - Georges Auguste Escoffier, French chef (d. 1935)
- November 5 - Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1869)
- November 7 - Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist (d. 1907)
- November 25 - Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate (d. 1911)
- December 2 - Pierre Marie René Ernest Waldeck-Rousseau, French statesman (d. 1904)
Deaths
- January 5 - Alfred Thomas Agate, American artist (b. 1812)
- February 21 - Emperor Ninko of Japan, (b. 1800)
- March 17 - Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1784)
- April 4 - Solomon Sibley, American senator from Michigan Territory (b. 1769)
- April 16 - Domenico Dragonetti, Italian composer (b. 1763)
- May 23 - Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778)
- May 31 - Philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780)
- June 1 - Pope Gregory XVI, (b. 1765)
- September 23 - John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (b. 1818)
- November 6 - Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and activist (b. 1800)
- November 6 - Alexander Chavchavadze, Georgian poet and general
- December 23 - Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, French naturalist (b. 1780)
Events
- January 5 - The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
- January 28 - Battle of Aliwal, India won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.
- January 31 - After the Milwaukee Bridge War, Juneautown and Kilbourntown unified as the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- February 10 - First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon
- February 19 - 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.
- March 27 - Mexican-American War: Siege of Fort Texas.
- April 14 - The Donner Party of pioneers departs Springfield, Illinois, for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and survival.
- April 25 - Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican-American War.
- May 1 - The few remaining Mormons left in Nauvoo, Illinois, formally dedicated the Nauvoo Temple.
- May 8 - Mexican-American War: The Battle of Palo Alto – Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war.
- May 13 - Mexican-American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.
- May 23 - Mexican-American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States.
- May 24 - Mexican-American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.
- June 14 - Bear Flag Revolt begins
- June 15 - The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
- June 16 - 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).
- June 19 - The first baseball game under recognizable modern rules is played in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.
- July 7 - Mexican-American War: American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the United States conquest of California.
- July 9 - The territory of the District of Columbia south of the Potomac River (39 mi˛ or about 100 km˛) is returned to Virginia through an Act of Congress.
- August 10 - The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the U.S. Congress after $500,000 was given for such a purpose by scientist James Smithson.
- August 14 - The Cape Girardeau meteorite, a 2.3 kg chondrite-type meteorite strikes near the town of Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
- September 10 - Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
- September 12 - Elizabeth Barrett elopes with Robert Browning.
- September 23 - 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.
- September 25 - U.S. forces led by Zachary Taylor capture the Mexican city of Monterrey.
- December 28 - Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
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