Lincoln in his late 30s – photo taken by one of Lincoln's law students around 1846

* 1846 – The Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.

* 1846 – Anna Haining Bates, Canadian giant ( d. 1888 )

* Haliotis alfredensis Reeve, 1846-the Alfred's abalone – synonym: Haliotis speciosa Reeve, 1846, the splendid abalone

* Haliotis coccoradiata Reeve, 1846 – the reddish-rayed abalone

* Haliotis discus Reeve, 1846 – the disk abalone

** Haliotis diversicolor squamata Reeve, 1846 – synonym: Haliotis squamata – the scaly Australian abalone

* Haliotis jacnensis Reeve, 1846 – the Jacna abalone

* Haliotis rubiginosa Reeve, 1846 – synonym: Haliotis howensis, the Lord Howe abalone

Alcott's opposition to slavery also fueled his opposition to the Mexican – American War which began in 1846.

* 1846 – Charles Woodruff, American archer ( d. 1927 )

* 1846 – Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader ( d. 1906 )

* 1846 – Alexander Milne Calder, American sculptor ( d. 1923 )

* 1846 – The Donner Party of pioneers departs Springfield, Illinois, for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and survival.

* John Pryor, 1846 – 1850

* 1846 – The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donates $ 500, 000.

* 1904 – Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French politician, 68th Prime Minister of France ( b. 1846 )

He married fourthly at the Dolmabahçe Palace, Constantinople, on 21 September 1866 to Georgian HH Hayranidil Kadın Efendi ( Kars, 2 November 1846 – Ortaköy Palace, Constantinople, 26 November 1898 ), and had two children.

* 1846 – Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican-American War.

* 1763 – Domenico Dragonetti, Italian double bass virtuoso and composer ( d. 1846 )

In 1899, the memorial, by the Berlin sculptor Ernst Gustav Herter ( 1846 – 1917 ), finally came to rest, although subject to repeated vandalism, in the Bronx, at 164th Street and the Grand Concourse, or Joyce Kilmer Park near today's Yankee Stadium.

Lord George Bentinck, Conservative leader in the commons 1846 – 48

* Pope Gregory XVI ( 1765 – 1846, r. 1831 – 46 )

Robert Todd Lincoln was born in 1843 and Edward Baker Lincoln ( Eddie ) in 1846.

* Edward Walford, translator ( 1846 ) The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius: A History of the Church from AD 431 to AD 594, Reprinted 2008.

In 1846, Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner gave a public demonstration in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island of a new process he had discovered.

This penny dreadful was published in 18 weekly parts, in Edward Lloyd's The People's Periodical and Family Library, issues 7-24, 21 November 1846 to 20 March 1847.

* Edward C. Pickering ( 1846 – 1919 ) was the youngest scientist elected.

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, 1846 Royal Collection, St James's Palace

* Edward Walford, translator, The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius: A History of the Church from AD 431 to AD 594, 1846.

The other two translations were made by Mrs. Sabine under the superintendence of her husband Col. Edward Sabine ( 4 volumes 1846 – 1858 ), and by Miss E. C.

* Edward Walford, translator ( 1846 ) The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius: A History of the Church from AD 431 to AD 594, Reprinted 2008.

Noah's Ark ( 1846 ), a painting by the American folk painter Edward Hicks

The estate then passed to Henry Archibald Tufnell ( d 1898 ) who died with no children, and then to Lt Col Edward Tufnell ( d 1909 ) HM Inspector of Schools, Factory Commissioner, Director Greenwich Hospital m. 1846 Honoria Mary Macadam ( daughter of Col. Macadam Knight of Hanover, d. 1877 )

The Queen was received on December 1, 1846 by the Duke, Mayor of Arundel Edward Howard Howard-Gibbon, and other town dignitaries, and then she retired to her private apartments in the castle.

Incorporated in 1873, Jamestown was named after Edward and Samuel James who established a trading post there in 1846.

After the outbreak of the uprising in 1846 in Kraków by Edward Dembowski, who became Secretary to Jan Tyssowski, the dictator of the revolution, the miners seized power in the Wieliczka salt mine.

* Edward Dembowski ( 1822 – 1846 ), Polish leftist, philosopher and columnist

* 1846 – 1847 — Edward Bury

In 1846 a Pilot service was established under Captain Edward Back.

Edward C. Cabell ( W ), from October 6, 1845 until January 24, 1846

* Edward Walford, translator ( 1846 ) The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius: A History of the Church from AD 431 to AD 594, Reprinted 2008.

Translations into English appeared much later: the first was by Edward Walford, which was published at London in 1846 ; Michael Whitby's translation was published in 2001 by Liverpool University Press as part of their " Texts in Translation Series.

* Napier, Edward Henry ( 1846 ).

His eldest son Reverend Canon Frederick Alfred John Hervey ( 1846 – 1910 ) was Chaplain-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria from 1886 to 1901, and Domestic Chaplain to King Edward VII from 1878 to 1910.

Others include: Millerites ( from 1833 ), Edward White ( 1846 ), Christadelphians ( from 1848 ), Thomas Thayer ( 1855 ), François Gaussen ( d. 1863 ), Henry Constable ( 1873 ), Louis Burnier ( Waldensian, d. 1878 ), the Baptist Conditionalist Association ( 1878 ), Cameron Mann ( 1888 ), Emmanuel Pétavel-Olliff ( 1891 ), Miles Grant ( 1895 ) George Gabriel Stokes ( 1897 ),

* Edward Walford, translator, The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius: A History of the Church from AD 431 to AD 594, 1846.