1846

1846 was 25 years before the founding of the City of Birmingham and the 27th year of Alabama statehood.

Events

• January 28: The state capital was moved from Tuscaloosa to Montgomery.

Business

• Shelby Furnace was blown in.

Works

Buildings

• Tuscaloosa County Courthouse

Individuals

• August 9: William Browne married the former Margaret Elizabeth Stevens of Tuscaloosa.
• 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
• May 27: William Berney, banker
• October 13: Edward M. Tutwiler, developer and co-founder of Leeds

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 M. Lewis Clark, "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Texas Jack Omohundro, Anna Kingsford, and Carrie Nation. Notable deaths included Emperor Ninko of Japan, Friedrich Bessel, and Pope Gregory XVI.

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