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== Events == | == Events == | ||
* [[January 28]]: The | * [[January 28]]: The [[Alabama Legislature]] began meetings in [[Tuscaloosa]] that resulted in the choice of [[Montgomery]] as the new state capital. | ||
===Business=== | ===Business=== | ||
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== Individuals == | == Individuals == | ||
* [[Benjamin F. Randall]] reclaimed the office of [[Shelby County Sheriff]]. | * [[Benjamin F. Randall]] reclaimed the office of [[Shelby County Sheriff]]. | ||
* [[Thomas Rowan]] purchased the 130-acre farm upon which he later built [[Thomas Rowan residence|his home]]. | * [[Thomas Rowan]] purchased the 130-acre farm upon which he later built [[Thomas Rowan residence|his home]]. | ||
===Births=== | ===Births=== | ||
* [[January 7]]: [[William Walker | * [[January 7]]: [[William Walker Jr]], attorney | ||
* April: [[Y. E. Holloway]], physician | |||
* [[May 27]]: [[William Berney]], banker | * [[May 27]]: [[William Berney]], banker | ||
* [[July 5]]: [[Edward Erswell]], carpenter and undertaker | |||
* [[July 15]]: [[William Rushton Sr]], president of the [[Birmingham Board of Education]] | |||
* [[October 13]]: [[Edward M. Tutwiler]], developer and co-founder of [[Leeds]] | * [[October 13]]: [[Edward M. Tutwiler]], developer and co-founder of [[Leeds]] | ||
* [[November 9]]: Labor organizer and negotiator [[William Fairley]] was born in Leasingthorne, England. | |||
* [[December 17]]: [[Andrew Adger]], namesake of [[Adger]] | |||
===Marriages== | |||
* [[February 11]]: [[John Tyler Morgan]] to Cornelia Willis of [[Talladega County]]. | |||
* [[August 9]]: [[William Browne]] to Margaret Elizabeth Stevens of [[Tuscaloosa]]. | |||
===Deaths=== | |||
* [[August 10]]: [[Goldsmith Hewitt, Sr]], [[Revolutionary War]] veteran | |||
== Context == | == Context == | ||
Latest revision as of 19:15, 8 November 2023
1846 was 25 years before the founding of the City of Birmingham and the 27th year of Alabama statehood.
Events
- January 28: The Alabama Legislature began meetings in Tuscaloosa that resulted in the choice of Montgomery as the new state capital.
Business
- Shelby Furnace was blown in.
Works
Buildings
Individuals
- Benjamin F. Randall reclaimed the office of Shelby County Sheriff.
- Thomas Rowan purchased the 130-acre farm upon which he later built his home.
Births
- January 7: William Walker Jr, attorney
- April: Y. E. Holloway, physician
- May 27: William Berney, banker
- July 5: Edward Erswell, carpenter and undertaker
- July 15: William Rushton Sr, president of the Birmingham Board of Education
- October 13: Edward M. Tutwiler, developer and co-founder of Leeds
- November 9: Labor organizer and negotiator William Fairley was born in Leasingthorne, England.
- December 17: Andrew Adger, namesake of Adger
=Marriages
- February 11: John Tyler Morgan to Cornelia Willis of Talladega County.
- August 9: William Browne to Margaret Elizabeth Stevens of Tuscaloosa.
Deaths
- August 10: Goldsmith Hewitt, Sr, Revolutionary War veteran
Context
In 1846, Brigham Young began leading a migration of Mormons to the Great Salt Lake. The Mexican–American War began. Adolphe Sax received a patent for the saxophone. The planet Neptune was discovered. Iowa was admitted as a state.
Notable births in 1846 included Kentucky Derby founder M. Lewis Clark, frontiersman "Buffalo Bill" Cody, cowboy Texas Jack Omohundro, doctor & pioneering vegetarian Anna Kingsford, and temperance advocate Carrie Nation. Notable deaths included Emperor Ninko of Japan, mathematician & astronomer Friedrich Bessel, and Pope Gregory XVI.
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