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* [[January 23]] – The [[United States Congress]] establishes a uniform date for federal elections, which will henceforth be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
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* [[March 1]] – President [[John Tyler]] signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the [[Republic of Texas]].
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* [[March 4]] – [[James K. Polk]] is [[Inauguration of James K. Polk|sworn in]], as the 11th President of the United States.
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* [[August 9]] – The [[Aberdeen Act]] is passed by the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]], empowering the British [[Royal Navy]] to search Brazilian ships, as part of the abolition of the [[Atlantic slave trade|slave trade]] from Africa.
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* [[September 9]] – [[Potato blight]] breaks out in Ireland,<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/ashorthistory/archive/intro182.shtml</ref> beginning the [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Great Famine]].
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* [[September 18]] – The [[Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata]] is formally declared.
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* [[December 2]] – [[Manifest destiny]]: U.S. President [[James K. Polk]] announces to Congress that the [[Monroe Doctrine]] should be strictly enforced, and that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
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* [[December 11]] – [[First Anglo-Sikh War]]: Sikh army crosses the [[Sutlej]] in the [[Punjab (region)|Punjab]].
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* [[December 27]] - American newspaper editor [[John L. O'Sullivan]] claims (in connection with the annexation of the [[Oregon Country]]) in ''[[The United States Magazine and Democratic Review]]'' that the United States should be allowed "the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions". It is the second time he uses the term ''[[manifest destiny]]'' (first in connection with the [[Republic of Texas]] in July – August), and it will have a huge influence on [[American imperialism]] in the following century.
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An Irish Peasant Family Discovering the Blight of their Store by Daniel MacDonald.jpg
An Irish Peasant Family Discovering the Blight of their Store by Cork artist Daniel MacDonald, c. 1847
Year 1845

Events



 

Events

EventStartEnd
Pax Brittanica18151915
Victorian era18401901

 

New Groups

GroupImageTypeDescription
University College GalwayCrest of NUI, Galway.pngResearch
Public
A public university located in the city of Galway, Ireland.
Royal Agricultural UniversityRoyal Agricultural University logo.jpgPublicThe first agricultural college in the English-speaking world.
Baldwin-Wallace CollegeBaldwinWallaceCollegeSeal.gifMilitary ranksOhio liberal arts college
Wittenberg UniversityWitt seal.pngMilitary ranks
Lutheranism
Liberal arts
Private liberal arts college in Springfield, Ohio
Baylor UniversityBaylor University seal.svgMilitary ranksOldest continuously operating university in Texas
Queen's University BelfastQueen's University Belfast arms.pngPublic research universityNorthern Ireland university

 

A Death

TitleBornDiedPlace of deathSummary
Andrew Jackson15 March 17678 June 1845US
Tennessee
Nashville
Lawyer
Planter
Soldier

 

Births

TitleBornPlace of birthDiedSummaryDescription
Elihu Root15 February 1845New York
Bill Clinton
7 February 1937Lawyer
Deep politician
US deep politician. A member of J. P. Morgan's Corsair Club.
Edmond James de Rothschild19 August 1845Boulogne-Billancourt2 November 1934Art collector
Edward Douglass White3 November 1845United States
Louisiana
Thibodaux
19 May 1921Judge
Leopold de Rothschild22 November 184529 May 1917Politician
Banker
Rothschild family
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