On 23 September 1846, the night following his receipt of the letter, Galle and his student Heinrich d ' Arrest discovered Neptune, exactly where Le Verrier had predicted.

* 1846 – Astronomers Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune.

The moon was discovered by British astronomer William Lassell on October 10, 1846, just 17 days after Neptune was discovered by German astronomers Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich Louis d ' Arrest, who were following coordinates given to them by French astronomer and mathematician Urbain Le Verrier.

* 1846 – Urbain Le Verrier and John Couch Adams, studying Uranus orbit, independently prove that another, farther planet must exist.

* 1846 – Urbain Le Verrier predicts the existence and location of Neptune from irregularities in the orbit of Uranus

He amused the comtesse de Vaux's 200 guests with a parody of Félicien David's currently fashionable Le désert, and in April 1846 gave a concert at which seven operatic items of his own composition were premiered before an audience that included leading music critics.

In 1846, Henry Styleman Le Strange ( 1815 – 1862 ), decided to develop the area south of Old Hunstanton as a sea bathing resort.

As a mark of his intentions, in 1846 Le Strange had moved the ancient village cross from Old Hunstanton to the new site and in 1848 the first building was erected.

Lafayette was founded in 1846 by pioneer / entrepreneur Joel Perkins, who named it for Lafayette, Indiana and for the hero of the American Revolution, Le Marquis de Lafayette.

William Frederick Cody was born on February 26, 1846 on a farm just outside of Le Claire, Iowa.

** Jeanne Joséphine Marguerite Junot d ' Abrantès ( Paris, 22 May 1847 – Lasray, 21 March 1934 ), married in Paris, 16 September 1869 Xavier Eugène Maurice Le Ray ( Sèvres, 15 July 1846 – Paris, 1 December 1900 ), who was created 4th Duc d ' Abrantès in 1869, and had issue extinct in male line in 1982

* The Count of Monte Cristo ( Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, 1845 – 1846 )

Le Verrier would assist Berlin Observatory astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle in locating the planet on 23 September 1846, which was found within 1 ° of its predicted location, a point in Aquarius.

But it is also notable ( and not included in some of the foregoing discussion references ) that Adams himself publicly acknowledged Le Verrier's priority and credit ( not forgetting to mention the role of Galle ) in the paper that he gave ' On the Perturbations of Uranus ' to the Royal Astronomical Society in November 1846 :-

Gautier wrote about the club in an article entitled " Le Club des Hachichin " published in the Revue des Deux Mondes in February 1846, recounting his recent visit.

In June 1846, Airy started corresponding with French astronomer Urbain Le Verrier over the latter's prediction that irregularities in the motion of Uranus were due to a so-far unobserved body.

Around 1845 he sent a copy of his thesis to Urbain Le Verrier, but only received an answer a year later on 18 September 1846.

He produced art criticism in L ' Histoire de la peinture flamande et hollandaise ( 1846 ); semi-historical sketches in Mlle de la Vallière et Mme de Montespan ( 1860 ) and Galerie de portraits du XVIII siècle ( 1844 ); literary criticism in Le Roi Voltaire ( 1858 ) and his famous satirical Histoire du quarante et unième fauteuil de l ' Académie française ( 1855 ); drama in his Comédiennes ( 1857 ); poetry in his Symphonie de vingt ans ( 1867 ), Cent et un sonnets ( 1873 ), etc.

Challis finally began his, somewhat reluctant, search in July 1846, unaware that Frenchman Urbain Le Verrier had independently made an identical prediction.

* Le Docteur Festus-created 1831, first published 1846.

* Neptune, discovered by Johann Gottfried Galle in 1846 ( based on predictions by Urbain Le Verrier and John Couch Adams )

We shall not go far wrong if we include in the list Hyacinthe Morel ( 1756 – 1829 ), of Avignon, whose collection of poems, Lou Saboulet, has been republished by Frédéric Mistral ; Louis Aubanel ( 178 ~- 1842 ), of Nîmes, the successful translator of Anacreon's Odes ; Auguste Tandon, the troubadour of Montpellier, who wrote Fables, contes et autres pièces en vers ( 1800 ); Fabre d ' Olivet, the versatile littérateur who in 1803 published Le Troubadour: Poésies occitaniques, which, in order to secure their success, he gave out as the work of some medieval poet Diou-loufet ( 1771 – 1840 ), who wrote a didactic poem, in the manner of Virgil, relating to silkworm-breeding ( Leis magnans ); Jacques Azais ( 1778 – 1856 ), author of satires, fables, & c .; d ' Astros ( 1780 – 1863 ), a writer of fables in La Fontaine's manner ; Castil-Blaze, who found time, amidst his musical pursuits, to compose Provençal poems, intended to be set to music ; the Marquis de Fare-Alais ( 1791 – 1846 ), author of some light satirical tales ( Las Castagnados ).

Charles Alexandre Lesueur ( Le Havre, 1 January 1778-Le Havre, 12 December 1846 ) was a French naturalist, artist and explorer.

Nine months later, he died suddenly ( 12 December 1846 ) and was buried at Le Havre.

This caused a problem when Neptune was discovered in 1846, because many felt an award should jointly be made to John Couch Adams and Urbain Le Verrier.

The next ring is named the Le Verrier ring after Urbain Le Verrier, who predicted Neptune's position in 1846.

In 1846 Matthew B. Goodwin, jeweler and watchmaker, became the town's first telegrapher in a dwelling he built for himself and his business `` two doors north of the Equinox House '' or `` one door north of the Bank, Manchester, Vermont ''.

It was eventually published in 1846 in London, where it became an overnight bestseller.

In 1846, upon the purchase of the region from the British under the Treaty of Amritsar, the Dogras — under Gulab Singh — became the new rulers.

Earlier, in 1780, after the death of Ranjit Deo, the Raja of Jammu, the kingdom of Jammu ( to the south of the Kashmir valley ) was also captured by the Sikhs and afterwards, until 1846, became a tributary to the Sikh power.

Burial Hill ( now Flagstaff railway station ) became its home ground in January 1839, however, the area was already set aside for Botanical Gardens and the club was moved on in October 1846, to an area on the south bank of the Yarra about where the Herald and Weekly Times building is today.

The explorer Charles Sturt, who visited the region from 1844 – 1846, was the first European to see the desert, but it was not until 1936 that Ted Colson became the first white person to cross it in its entirety.

The Abbey became a separate See in 1846, with the Abbey church as its cathedral and a portion of the monastic buildings for the bishop.

Although nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, had been proposed as an anaesthetic as far back as 1799 by Humphry Davy, it wasn't until 1846 when an American Dentist named William Morton started using ether on his patients that anaesthetics became common in the medical profession.

These California bound emigrants became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846 – 1847, and some had resorted to cannibalism to survive.

In 1846, after the Kraków Uprising, the city and its university became part of the Austrian Empire.

** Iowa Territory ( land between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers ) was split from Wisconsin Territory 1838 and became a state in 1846.

It became the state capital in 1846, representing the shift of power to the south-central area with the growth of cotton as a commodity crop of the Black Belt and Mobile's rise as a mercantile port.

In 1846, she arrived in Munich, where she was discovered by, and became the mistress of, Ludwig I of Bavaria.

In 1846 the town became a railway junction, with lines constructed from the north, south and east to two railway stations.

Baumgarten Company in 1846, which became a partnership with the opening of its engineering works, and was renamed B & B.

In 1846 Seward became the center of controversy in his hometown when he defended, in separate cases, two convicts accused of murder.

Between 1843 and 1846, during the era when California was a province of independent Mexico, five Mexican land grants were made in what became San Joaquin County: Campo de los Franceses, Pescadero ( Grimes ), Pescadero ( Pico ), Sanjon de los Moquelumnes and Thompson.

In 1846, the area of the county south of the Nueces River was reorganized as Nueces County, and the town of San Patricio became the county seat.

In 1846 the southern half of what was left of Lincoln County became Gaston County.

The area encompassing today's Missoula County officially became part of the United States as a result of Oregon Treaty of June 14, 1846.

Grissell became increasingly nervous of the risks taken by Peto, and in 1846 dissolved the partnership.

In 1846 Peto became co-treasurer of the Baptist Missionary Society.

During the War with Mexico, beginning in 1846, Washington became a rally point for volunteer troops on their way to serve with the US Army.

As the area became colonized by the Spanish and later fell under Mexican jurisdiction, the land of the San Vicente Valley became a part of the Mexican land-grant known as Rancho Cañada de San Vicente y Mesa del Padre Barona in 1846.