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

* 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 )

Gurkhas served as troops of the East India Company in the Pindaree War of 1817, in Bharatpur in 1826, and the First and Second Sikh Wars in 1846 and 1848.

Gurkhas served as troops under contract to the East India Company in the Pindaree War of 1817, in Bharatpur in 1826 and the First and Second Anglo-Sikh Wars in 1846 and 1848.

A " Second Edition " " To Which a Few Short Poems Are Now Added ," was published in 1846 ; the text above follows it.

One source claims that he saw action in the Second Seminole War ( 1838 – 42 ) and the Mexican-American War ( 1846 – 48 ).

His Army of the West ( 1846 ) consisted of 1600 men in the volunteer First and Second Regiments of Fort Leavenworth, Missouri Mounted Cavalry regiment under Alexander Doniphan ; an artillery and infantry battalion ; 300 of Kearny's 1st U. S. Dragoons ( light cavalry ) and about 500 members of the Mormon Battalion.

* 1846 Internet Archive On the First and Second Kinds of Persepolitan Writing.

Price raised the Second Regiment, Missouri Mounted Volunteer Cavalry and was appointed its colonel on August 12, 1846.

During the Mexican-American War ( 1846 – 1848 ), Second Lieutenant Boyd fights in the United States Army ( Boyd is obviously a former officer in the Army of the Republic of Texas, that merged with the US Army in 1846-he still wears the Texas Army rank insignia of second lieutenant: one five pointed star on each shoulder strap ).

Tregelles also wrote Heads of Hebrew Grammar ( 1852 ), translated Gesenius's Hebrew Lexicon ( 1846, 1857 ) from Latin, and was the author of a little work on the Jansenists ( 1851 ) and of various works in exposition of his special eschatological views including Remarks on the Prophetic Visions of Daniel ( 1852, new ed., 1864 ) and The Hope of Christ's Second Coming ( 1864 ).

The regiment was back on the Indian subcontinent in 1846 where it took part in the Second Sikh War.

In 1846 he joined the Board of the Admiralty ( first as Fourth Naval Lord, then as Second Naval Lord and finally First Naval Lord ).

Hum., Second Class Math., 1846.

The Second Carlist War was a minor Catalonian uprising in support of Carlos VI, lasting from 1846 to 1849.

He served as Second Naval Lord from 1841 to 1846 and then became Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth from 1848 to 1851.

* Second Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tennessee ( 1846, demolished 1979 ).

In 1846 he was returned to the Chamber of Deputies for Hérault, but the revolution of 1848 drove him into private life, from which he only emerged after the downfall of the Second Empire, when in February 1871 he was returned to the National Assembly.

Although the District of Columbia was originally created as a capital territory out of parts of Maryland and Virginia, the portion from Virginia was removed from the Federal District and returned to Virginia in 1846.

The Federal Republic was restored by the interim president José Mariano Salas on August 22, 1846.

A separate federal district, the District of Columbia, which is under the direct authority of Congress, was formed from land ceded to the Federal Government by the states of Maryland and Virginia ; however, the territory ceded by Virginia was returned to that state in 1846.

The procedure of formation of the Council of Federation by election held according to the majority system was defined by Presidential Decrees No. 1626 from October 11, 1993 " On Elections to the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation " and No. 1846 from November 6, 1993 " On Specification to the Resolution on Elections of Deputies to the State Duma and Resolution on Elections of Deputies to the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in 1993 ".

The state seal supplanted the Iowa Territory seal ( 1838 – 1846 ), which consisted of a Federal eagle holding an arrow in its mouth and a bow in its talon.

In 1845 and 1846 Escher took part in the Federal Council of Cantonal Representatives ( Tagsatzung ) in Zurich as Third Envoy, which brought him into contact with Switzerland ’ s leading politicians.