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Hace 6 días · The Mexican War (1846-1848) was the U.S. Army's first experience waging extended conflict in foreign land. This brief war is oftentimes overlooked by casual students of history as it occurred so close to the American Civil War and is overshadowed by the latter's sheer size and scope.
Hace 5 días · Mexican miners from Sonora worked the placer deposits until 1846. Minor finds of gold in California were also made by Mission Indians prior to 1848. The friars instructed them to keep its location secret to avoid a gold rush .
Hace 4 días · Between 1846 and 1873, U.S. government agents waged an extermination campaign against Indigenous Californians, known as the California genocide, resulting in as many as 100,000 deaths. Since the Spanish Missions were established along the coast, these areas were affected by colonization first.
Hace 4 días · This administration (1846–52) demonstrated that, although Russell’s penchant for advanced ideas was as strong as ever, his ability to implement them was now seriously reduced. He was able to establish the 10-hour day in factory labour (1847) and to found a national board of public health (1848).
Hace 5 días · 1846 3 April: The last London-based mail coach runs to Norwich. 26 August: The North London Railway is authorised as the East & West India Docks & Birmingham Junction Railway, which opens from 1850. Henry Poole opens an entrance to his tailoring premises from Savile Row, beginning a tradition of Savile Row tailoring. 1847
Hace 5 días · Two days later, on May 13, 1846, Congress officially declared war on Mexico. The Battle of Palo Alto, the first clash in the Mexican-American War, was fought on May 8, 1846. This battle occurred in the disputed territory between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers, present-day southeastern Texas.
Hace 5 días · On September 10, 1846, Howe was awarded the first United States patent for a sewing machine using a lockstitch design. The Lowell Machine Shop, c. 1850. The whole story of the sewing machine is both interesting and involved and won’t be recounted here.
