Year by year · 19th century

1845

1845 in world history: 16 events, 16 births, 12 deaths, 1 state founded and 4 that came to an end. 1,080 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 29 January

    Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven' is published

    Poe's poem of a grieving lover and a talking bird appeared in the New York Evening Mirror. It made him famous almost overnight, though it earned him little money.

    New York

  2. 28 February

    Congress votes to annex Texas

    The House agreed to a Senate joint resolution offering annexation to the Republic of Texas, signed by President Tyler on 1 March. Mexico broke off relations, and war followed in 1846.

    Mexico

  3. 3 March

    Florida becomes the 27th US state

    Florida, acquired from Spain in 1819, was admitted to the Union as a slave state. It seceded in 1861 and is now the third most populous state.

  4. 17 March

    Stephen Perry patents the rubber band

    Stephen Perry of the London firm Messrs Perry and Co patented bands made of vulcanised rubber for holding papers together. The humble invention became universal.

    London

  5. 8 June

    Andrew Jackson dies at the Hermitage

    The seventh US president died at his Tennessee plantation aged 78. Victor at New Orleans and champion of the 'common man', he also drove the forced removal of Native Americans.

  6. 28 August

    First issue of Scientific American is published

    Inventor Rufus Porter launched Scientific American as a weekly in New York. It is the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the United States.

    United StatesNew York

  7. 10 October

    The US Naval School opens at Annapolis

    The Naval School, renamed the United States Naval Academy in 1850, opened at Fort Severn in Annapolis, Maryland, with 50 midshipmen. It has trained American naval officers ever since; Jimmy Carter was among its graduates.

    United States

  8. 29 December

    Texas becomes the 28th US state

    Nine years after winning independence from Mexico, Texas was admitted to the Union as a slave state. The annexation helped provoke the Mexican-American War the following year.

    Mexico

  9. Revolution

    Marcist Revolution

    The Marcist Revolution was an uprising that began in Guayaquil on 6 March 1845 against Juan José Flores, the Venezuelan-born general who had dominated Ecuador since its foundation in 1830.

  10. Battle

    Battle of Dargo

    The Battle of Dargo was a Russian expedition in 1845 under Prince Mikhail Vorontsov against Imam Shamil's capital at Dargo in Chechnya.

  11. Treaty · Peace

    Treaty of Ponche Verde

    The Treaty of Ponche Verde, agreed on 1 March 1845, ended the Ragamuffin War between the Empire of Brazil and the rebel Riograndense Republic.

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Wars and longer events

Born in 1845 16

Died in 1845 12

States founded 1

States that came to an end 4

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