Timeline June 1846

Events in June 1846 9

• 1765 – 1846 Pope Gregory XVI (1765-1846) Died 1 June 1846, aged 80 Gregory XVI was pope from 1831. He was a firm opponent of liberalism and modern innovations in the Papal States, and he strongly promoted Catholic missions.
• 1786 – 1846 Benjamin Haydon (1786-1846) Died 22 June 1846, aged 60 Haydon was an English painter of large historical canvases and a friend of Keats and Wordsworth. He is best remembered for his diaries. Debt and public neglect led to his suicide in London.
• 1846 Bear Flag Revolt American settlers proclaim the California Republic American settlers seized the Mexican garrison at Sonoma and raised a flag with a grizzly bear and a star. The short-lived California Republic ended within weeks when US forces took control.
• 1846 Oregon Treaty Britain and the US divide the Oregon Country The treaty set the boundary between British North America and the United States at the 49th parallel, from the Rockies to the Pacific, with Vancouver Island going to Britain. It settled years of dispute over the Oregon Country.
• 1846 Election of Pope Pius IX Start of the longest papacy in Church history Cardinal Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti was elected pope after a short conclave following the death of Gregory XVI. His reign of nearly 32 years saw the end of the Papal States and the First Vatican Council.
• 1846 First recorded baseball game under the Knickerbocker rules Early organised baseball at Hoboken The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club played the New York Nine at the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, using Alexander Cartwright's written rules. The New York Nine won 23 to 1.
• 1846 Repeal of the Corn Laws Britain abolishes protective tariffs on grain The Importation Act received royal assent and phased out the duties on imported grain. Robert Peel pushed repeal through against most of his own Conservative Party, a turning point for free trade in Britain.
• 1846 Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone New family of wind instruments The Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax received a French patent for the saxophone. The instrument combined a single reed with a conical metal body and was later central to military bands and jazz.
• 1846 Resignation of Robert Peel Conservative government falls after Corn Law repeal On the night the Corn Laws were repealed, protectionist Conservatives helped defeat Peel's government on an Irish coercion bill. Peel resigned and Lord John Russell formed a Whig government.