In the year 1846, many Mormons begin their migration from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (Jan 5), the Liberty Bell is cracked while being rung for George Washington’s birthday (Feb 26), the United States declares war on Mexico (May 13), the California Republic declares independence from Mexico (Jun 10), the saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax (Jun 28), Neptune is first observed (Sep 23), the Great Famine continues in Ireland, leading to mass emigration, mainly to the United States - and all these fine people were born:
1846-0105 Rudolf Eucken* philosopher/writer/N - Aurich, Kingdom of Hanover, Germany (1926/80) 1846-0106 Axel Fredrik Bjurström* newspaper publisher/founder of Ystads Allehanda/ businessman - Malmö, Sweden (1890/44) 1846-0126 Maria Furuhjelm* educator/ writer - Mustiala, GD of Finland (1916/70) 1846-0127 M. Lewis Clark* founder of Kentucky Derby - USA (1899/53) 1846-0129 Frederic Porter Vinton* portrait painter - Bangor, ME USA (1911/65) 1846-0131 1846-0209 Wilhelm Maybach* engine engineer/ industrialist - Heilbronn, Württemberg, German Confederation (1929/83) 1846-0221 Svatopluk Cech* Czech writer/journalist/poet - Benesov (1908/62) 1846-0226 William “Buffalo Bill " Cody* scout/bison hunter/showman - Le Claire, Iowa Territory, USA (1917/70) 1846-0301 Ferdinand Laurent* farmer/playwright - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1924/78) 1846-0317 Kate Greenaway* writer/children’s book illustrator - Hoxton, London, England (1901/55) 1846-0317 Edward William O’Sullivan* journalist/politician - Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (1910/64) 1846-0325 Michael Davitt* Irish republican activist - Straide, County Mayo, Ireland (1906/60) 1846-0330 Walter Franklin Lansil* painter - Bangor, ME USA (1925/78) 1846-0331 1846-0401 1846-0404 Comte de Lautréamont* French poet - Montevideo, Uruguay (1870/24) 1846-0420 1846-0430 1846-0505 Lars Magnus Ericsson* inventor/founder of LM Ericsson - Värmskog, Värmland, Sweden-Norway (1926/80) 1846-0505 Henryk Sienkiewicz* journalist/novelist/N - Wola Okrzejska, Congress Poland (1916/70) 1846-0601 1846-0610 1846-0627 Charles Stewart Parnell* nationalist political leader - Avondale, County Wicklow, Ireland (1891/45) 1846-0701 1846-0710 1846-0711 Gertrude Abbott* (b Mary Jane O’Brien) nun/founder of the former St Margaret’s Hospital in Sydney - Sydney, NSW Australia (1934/87) 1846-0726 Texas Jack Omohundro* frontier scout/actor/cowboy - Palmyra, VA USA (1880/33) 1846-0806 Amanda Stenwall**(b Lindqvist) - GD of Finland 1846-0816 Oskar Starck* admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy/explorer - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1928/82) 1846-0831 1846-0901 1846-0904 Daniel Burnham* architect/urban planer - Henderson, NY USA (1912/65) 1846-0910 Carl von Friesen* schoolteacher/ dean/politician/M - Stockholm, Sweden (1905/58) 1846-0916 Anna Kingsford* (b Bonus) women’s and animal rights activist/ vegetarian - Stratord, Essex, England (1888/41) 1846-0920 1846-0930 1846-1001 1846-1006 George Westinghouse* engineer/entrepreneur - Central Bridge, NY USA (1914/67) 1846-1028 Auguste Escoffier* chef/restaurateur/culinary writer - Villeneuve-Loubet, France (1935/88) 1846-1102 Maria Sofia Yli-Jussila** (b Sallmén) mother of Hilma Matilda Kivistö - Ilmajoki, GD of Finland (1927/80) 1846-1110 Martin Wegelius* composer/musicologist - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1906/59) 1846-1111 Eugene T. Sawyer* newspaper editor/author of dime novels (Nick Carter) - Bangor, ME USA (1924/77) 1846-1120 1846-1129 1846-1130 1846-1202 Anna Sutherland Bissell* first female CEO in the United States - River John, NS Canada (1934/87) 1846-1210 1846-1220 1846-1231 1846-0 1846-0 1846-0 Updated 2025-0325 Helsinki Search for another year here