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Hace 3 días · On 25 April 1846, a Mexican force under colonel Anastasio Torrejon surprised and defeated a U.S. squadron at the Rancho de Carricitos in Matamoros in an event that would latter be known as the Thornton Skirmish; this was the pretext that U.S. president James K. Polk used to persuade the U.S. congress into declaring a state of war against Mexico on 13 May 1846.
Hace 2 días · Coccinellidae (/ ˌ k ɒ k s ɪ ˈ n ɛ l ɪ d iː /) is a widespread family of small beetles.They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in the United Kingdom; "lady" refers to mother Mary.
Hace 1 día · John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the tenth president of the United States from 1841 to 1845, after briefly holding office as the tenth vice president in 1841.
Hace 1 día · The California Republic (Spanish: República de California), or Bear Flag Republic, was an unrecognized breakaway state from Mexico, that for 25 days in 1846 militarily controlled an area north of San Francisco, in and around what is now Sonoma County in California.
Hace 3 días · Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. . Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published no
Hace 1 día · He secured a substantial reduction of tariff rates with the Walker tariff of 1846. The same year, he achieved his other major goal, reestablishment of the Independent Treasury system. True to his campaign pledge to serve only one term (one of the few U.S. presidents to make and keep such a pledge), Polk left office in 1849 and returned to Tennessee, where he died of cholera soon afterward.
10 de jul. de 2024 · List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1846 Ship State Description Fairy United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Marsden, County Durham.She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.
