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April 26 – Mexican–American War: Open conflict begins over border disputes of Texas' boundaries. May 8 – Mexican–American War – Battle of Palo Alto: Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande at Palo Alto, Texas in the first major battle of the war. May 14 – Mexican–American War: The United States declares war ...
On the night of 9 May 1846, a band of 15–20 Klamath natives retaliated and attacked Frémont's group under cover of darkness, killing 2–3 members of the party. Frémont was "determined to square accounts with these people." [7] His scouts killed two Klamath warriors on 11 May 1846, but Frémont considered that inadequate.
1846 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1846th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 846th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 19th century, and the 7th year of the 1840s decade. As of the start of 1846, the ...
The Emmet County Historical Commission is again holding its annual essay contest, open to any third or fourth grade student in Emmet County.
The history of the United States from 1815 to 1849—also called the Middle Period, the Antebellum Era, or the Age of Jackson—involved westward expansion across the American continent, the proliferation of suffrage to nearly all white men, and the rise of the Second Party System of politics between Democrats and Whigs.
The Joseph McDowell Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution presented two American History Essay awards on Jan. 14 at the Champion Hills Country Club.
April 23 – Granville T. Woods, African American inventor (died 1910) March 8 – Colin Campbell Cooper, impressionist painter (died 1937) May 6 – Robert Peary, Arctic explorer (died 1920) May 15 – L. Frank Baum, children's writer (The Wizard of Oz) (died 1919) May 26 – George Templeton Strong, composer (died 1948 in Switzerland)
These California bound emigrants became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846–1847, and some have resorted to cannibalism to survive. February 22 – Mexican–American War – The Battle of Buena Vista : 5,000 American troops under General Zachary Taylor use their superiority in artillery to drive off 15,000 Mexican troops ...