1845

Year 1845 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - June

 * - The establishes a uniform date for federal elections, which will henceforth be held on the first  after the first  in.
 * - "" by is published for the first time ().
 * - In the, drunken visitor smashes - it takes months to repair
 * - President signs a bill authorizing the  to annex the.
 * - is admitted as the 27th.
 * - For the first time the passes legislation overriding a presidential.
 * - succeeds  as the 11th.
 * - : Chiefs and  lead 700 s in the burning of the British colonial settlement of Kororareka, now known as.
 * - The premiere of the by  is given in  with  as soloist.
 * - The is invented in
 * - The HMS Erebus and Terror with 134 men under sail from the  beginning a disastrous expedition to find the.
 * - Former  dies near.

July - December

 * - Near, embarks on a two-year experiment in simple living at  (see ).
 * - enters the  in central
 * - signed.
 * -  begins publication
 * - The eminent and controversial, , is received into the
 * - In, the Naval School (later renamed the ) opens with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors.
 * - A majority of voters in the approve a proposed constitution, that if accepted by the, will make  a.
 * - between the  and an - fleet on the waters of the.
 * - : US President announces to Congress that the  should be strictly enforced and that the  should aggressively expand into the West.
 * - founded.
 * - Fraternity founded.
 * – - : forces defeat Sikhs in.
 * - is used for childbirth for the first time (Dr.  in ).
 * - is admitted as the 28th.
 * - of,  and  are incorporated in.

Undated

 * Second separation of Republic of from
 * Beginning of the.
 * Ephraim Bee reveals that the Emperor of China has given him a special dispensation; that he had entrusted him with certain sacred and mysterious rituals through Caleb Cushing, the US Commissioner to China, to "extend the work and influence of the Ancient and Honorable Order of " in the new world.
 * established in U.S.
 * 's  is first published.

Ongoing events

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Births

 * -, British philanthropist (d. )
 * -, American statesman and diplomat, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, fourth (d. )
 * -, German mathematician (d. )
 * - Emperor (d. )
 * -, German physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Swiss writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, French composer (d. )
 * -, Russian microbiologist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Catalan poet (d. )
 * -, Swiss-born artist (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, Hungarian violinist and composer (d. )
 * -, German archaeologist (d. )
 * -, French physician, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Irish philanthropist (d. )
 * -, French poet (d. )
 * -, American naval hero (d. )
 * -, Kazak poet (d. )
 * -, French (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, 9th (d. )
 * -, n revolutionary (d. )
 * -, (d. )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, pioneer (b. )
 * - Dr, American anatomist (b. )
 * -, Hungarian poet (b. )
 * -, notorious Swedish criminal (b. )
 * -, 7th (b. )
 * -, Norwegian writer (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, hero of Latin American war of independence (b. )
 * -, British humanitarian (b. )


 * See also .