What Happened In January 1846 In History

Historical Events for January, 1846

• 5th » The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
• 28th » The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Harry Smith (army) named Sir Harry Smith.
• 31st » After the Milwaukee Bridge War, Juneautown and Kilbourntown unify as the City of Milwaukee called Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1846

• 5th » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and author, Nobel Prize in Literature known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926)
• 21st » Pieter Hendrik Schoute, Dutch mathematician (d. 1923)
• 23rd » Hermann Clemenz, Estonian chess player (d. 1908)
• 29th » Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1915)
• 30th » Angela of the Cross, Spanish nun and saint (d. 1932)

Famous Deaths for January 1846

• 1st » John Torrington, British soldier and explorer (b. 1825)
• 5th » Alfred Thomas Agate, American painter (b. 1812)

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