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)
1846-0127 M. Lewis Clark* founder of Kentucky Derby – USA (1899/53)
1846-0209 Wilhelm Maybach* engine engineer/ industrialist – Heilbronn, Württemberg, German Confederation (1929/83)
1846-0221 Svatopluk Cech* Czech writer/journalist/poet – Benesov (1908/62)-a
1846-0226 William “Buffalo Bill ” Cody* scout/bison hunter/showman – Le Claire, Iowa Territory, USA (1917/70)
1846-0317 Edward William O’Sullivan* journalist/politician – Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (1910/64)-a
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)
1846-0806 Amanda Stenwall**(b Lindqvist) – GD of Finland
1846-0904 Daniel Burnham* architect/urban planer – Henderson, NY USA (1912/65)
1846-0916 Anna Kingsford* (b Bonus) women’s and animal rights activist/vegetarian – Stratord, Essex, England (1888/41)-a
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) – Ilmajoki, GD of Finland (1927/80)
1846-1110 Martin Wegelius* composer/musicologist – Helsinki, GD of Finland (1906/59)
Updated 1.6.2019
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