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1846 In The United Kingdom
Events from the year 1846 in the United Kingdom. This year is noted for the repeal of the Corn Laws. Incumbents * Monarch – Victoria * Prime Minister – Robert Peel ( Conservative) (until 29 June), Lord John Russell ( Whig) (starting 30 June) * Foreign Secretary – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (until 6 July) Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (starting 6 July) * Parliament – 14th Events * 5 January – the United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom. * 10 February – First Anglo-Sikh War: British victory at the Battle of Sobraon. * 9 March – 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. * 13 March – Ballinglass Incident: eviction of 300 tenants at the village of Ballinglass in Ireland during the Great Famine. * 14 March – firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1846 English Cricket Season
Events January–March * January 5 – The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Country with the United Kingdom. * January 13 – The Milan–Venice railway's bridge, over the Venetian Lagoon between Mestre and Venice in Italy, opens, the world's longest since 1151. * February 4 – Many Mormons begin their migration west from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Great Salt Lake, led by Brigham Young. * February 10 – First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon – British forces defeat the Sikhs. * February 18 – The Galician slaughter, a peasant revolt, begins. * February 19 – United States president James K. Polk's annexation of the Republic of Texas is finalized by Texas president Anson Jones in a formal ceremony of transfer of sovereignty. The newly formed Texas state government is officially installed in Austin. * February 20– 29 – Kraków uprising: Galician slaughter – Polish nationalists stage an uprising in the Free City of Krakó ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
