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1846
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1846
Events
January–March
January 5
– The
United States House of Representatives
votes to stop sharing the
Oregon Country
with the United Kingdom.
January 13
– Opening of the Milan–Venice railway's bridge over the
Venetian Lagoon
between
Mestre
and
Venice
in Italy, the world's longest since
1151
.
February 10
Many
Mormons
begin their migration west from
Nauvoo, Illinois
, to the
Great Salt Lake
, led by
Brigham Young
.
First Anglo-Sikh War
: British victory at the
Battle of Sobraon
.
February 14
– United States president
James K. Polk
annexes
the
Republic of Texas
, which is regarded as an early example of
American imperialism
.
February 18
– Beginning of the
Galician peasant revolt
.
February 19
– The newly formed
Texas
state government
is officially installed in
Austin
.
February 20
–
29
–
Kraków Uprising
:
Polish nationalists
stage an uprising in the
Free City of Kraków
, suppressed by forces of the
Austrian Empire
supported by peasants in the
Galician slaughter
.
February 26
– The
Liberty Bell
is cracked while being rung for George Washington's birthday.
March 9
– The conclusion of the
First Anglo-Sikh War
with the signing of the
Treaty of Lahore
.
Kashmir
is ceded to the
British East India Company
and the
Koh-i-Noor
diamond is surrendered to
Queen Victoria
.
March 10
– Prince Osahito, fourth son of deceased
Emperor Ninko
of Japan, becomes
Emperor Komei
.
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