9th » The eminent and controversial Anglicanism known as Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.
10th » In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 midshipman students and seven professors.
13th » A majority of voters in the Republic of Texas approve a proposed constitution that, if accepted by the Congress of the United States known as U.S. Congress, will make Texas a U.S. state.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1845
8th » Salomon Kalischer, German pianist, composer, and physicist (d. 1924)