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Maori chief Hone Heke with wife Hariata wearing flax cloaks[/caption]
In the year 1845, The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is published (Jan 29), Florida becomes the 27th U.S. state (Mar 3), New Zealand Wars begin, waged between the Maori and the British (Mar 11), Stephen Perry patents the rubber band (Mar 17), Scientific American begins publication (Aug 28), potato blight breaks out in Ireland, beginning the Great Famine (Sep 9), the Monroe Doctrine states that the United States should aggressively expand into the West (Dec 2), anesthesia is used for the first time for childbirth in Jefferson, Georgia (Dec 27), Texas is admitted as the 28th U.S. state (Dec 29) - and all these fine people were born:
1845-xxxx Max Liebling* German-American concert pianist/composer/ conductor/to U.S. at age 16 - Duchy of Pless, Silesia (1927/82) 1845-0101 Karl Fabritius* lawyer/ statesman/Mayor or Kuopio - Ilomantsi, GD of Finland (1889/44) 1845-0103 Anna Edelheim* first female journalist in Finland - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1904/59) 1845-0107 Ludwig III of Bavaria* the last King (1913-1918) of Bavaria - Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria (1921/76) 1845-0201 Bryan Donkin* physician/criminologist - Blackheath, England (1927/82) 1845-0214 Lydia Sesemann* chemist/first female doctor in Finland - Viipuri, GD of Finland (1925/80) 1845-0215 Elihu Root* lawyer/statesman/diplomat/N - Clinton, NY USA (1937/91) 1845-0303 Georg Cantor* German mathematician - Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (1918/72) 1845-0310 Alexander III of Russia* Emperor of Russia (1881-1894) - Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (1894/49) 1845-0327 Wilhelm Röntgen* physicist/inventor/N - Lennep, German Confederation (1923/77) 1845-0404 František Plesnivý* Czech architect - Unhošť, Austria (1918/73) 1845-0423 Pier Andrea Saccardo* Italian botanist/mycologist - Treviso (1920/74) 1845-0424 Carl Spitteler* poet/N - Liestal, Switzerland (1924/79) 1845-0509 Gustaf de Laval* Swedish engineer/inventor - Orsa, Dalarna, Sweden-Norway (1913/67) 1845-0512 Henri Brocard* mathematician/ meteorologist - Vignot, Meuse, Kingdom of France (1922/76) 1845-0604 Alina Forsman* sculptor/painter - Lohja, GD of Finland (1899/53) 1845-0618 Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran* physician/N - Paris, Kingdom of France (1922/76) 1845-0701 1845-0704 Thomas John Barnardo* philanthropist active in England/founder of homes for poor and deprived children/using the title of ‘doctor’, he later secured a licentiate - Dublin, Ireland (1905/60) 1845-0710 1845-0719 Horatio Nelson Young* naval hero - Calais, ME USA (1913/67) 1845-0720 1845-0731 1845-0803 Johan Erik Stenberg* Swedish architect - Annefors, Sweden-Norway (1923/77) 1845-0810 Abai Qunanbaiuly* Kazakh poet/philosopher/composer - Abay District, East Kazakhstan, Russian Empire (1904/58) 1845-0816 Gabriel Lippmann* physicist/inventor/N - Bonnevoie, Luxembourg (1921/75) 1845-0821 William Healey Dall* naturalist/ malacologist/active in Alaska - Boston, MA USA (1927/81) 1845-0825 Ludwig II of Bavaria* King of Bavaria- Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Confederation (1886/40) 1845-0901 1845-0911 Émile Baudot* telegraph engineer/inventor/a pioneer in telecommunications - Magneux, Haute-Marne, Kingdom of France (1903/57) 1845-0916 Matti Haapoja* convicted serial killer - Isokyrö, GD of Finland (1895/49) 1845-1001 1845-1010 Martti Rautanen* Finnish missionary in South West Africa - Tikanpesä, Ingria, Russian Empire (1926/80) 1845-1018 John Martin Crawford* physician/ scholar/translator of Kalevala - Herrick, PA USA (1916/c.70) 1845-1021 Will Carleton* poet - Lenawee County, Hudson, MI USA (1912/67) 1845-1113 Marta Abreu* philanthropist - Santa Clara, Cuba (1909/63) 1845-1224 George I of Greece* Danish prince/King of Greece (1863-1913)/assassinated - Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark (1913/67) 1845-0 1845-0 1845-0 Updated 30.5.2023-2 Search for another year here