• Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1845. 1845 (MDCCCXLV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...
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    The Lunacy Act 1845 or the Lunatics Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 100) and the County Asylums Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 126) formed mental health law in England...
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  • The Great Hunger is a 1962 book about the 1845–1849 Great Famine in Ireland by the British historian Cecil Woodham-Smith. It was published by Harper and...
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    SCR 1845−6357 is a binary system, 13.1 light-years (4.0 parsecs) away in the constellation Pavo. The primary is a faint red dwarf. It has a brown dwarf...
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  • The year 1845 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Two influential clergy houses for the Church of England...
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  • In 1845, the Republic of Texas was annexed to the United States of America, becoming the 28th U.S. state. Border disputes between the new state and Mexico...
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    on various dates in various states between July 1, 1844, and November 4, 1845. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives...
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  • 1845 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Events 23 September — formal organisation of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club or New York Knickerbockers...
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    Potato Famine, was a period of starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis and subsequently had...
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  • article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1845. January 10 – Robert Browning begins his correspondence with his future wife...
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    or in 1845 before March 4; ordered by election date. In these regular elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1845; ordered...
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    Events from the year 1845 in Canada. Monarch: Victoria Parliament: 2nd Governor General of the Province of Canada: Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe...
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    four 68-pounder broadside guns. The Birkenhead was launched on 30 December 1845 by the Marchioness of Westminster. Her hull then weighed 903 tons and drew...
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  • the Criminal Law Commission of 1845 or the Statute Law Commission of 1845) was a royal commission that ran from 1845 to 1849 to consolidate existing...
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    Castilla. The starting date for the guano era is commonly considered to be 1845, the year in which Castilla started his first administration. It ended shortly...
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  • violinist, conductor and composer (b. 1765) Heinrich Bauer: Simon Mayr 1763–1845, Meister der italienischen Oper aus der bayerischen Oberpfalz. (Munich :...
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    challenged his authority, leading to civil war on May 17, 1843. It ended in 1845, when Ramón Castilla was elected President of the Republic after defeating...
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    Raczyński, of the Nałęcz coat-of-arms (April 2, 1786 in Poznań – January 20, 1845 in Zaniemyśl) was a Polish conservative politician, protector of arts, founder...
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  • Events in the year 1845 in Iceland. Monarch: Christian VIII of Denmark Governor of Iceland: Torkil Abraham Hoppe 1 July: The first Consultative assembly...
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    sword, first having the 1822 pipe-back blade replaced by the 1845 fullered blade, then the 1845 type blade replaced by a new thrusting blade in 1892 and then...
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  • Events in the year 1845 in Belgium. Monarch: Leopold I Prime Minister: Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (to 30 July); Sylvain Van de Weyer (from 30 July) 10 June...
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  • The Dunbrody was a three-masted barque built in Quebec in 1845 by Thomas Hamilton Oliver for the Graves family, merchants from New Ross in Wexford. She...
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    of 1841–1845 (Thai: อานามสยามยุทธ (พ.ศ. 2384 – พ.ศ. 2388), Vietnamese: Chiến tranh Việt–Xiêm (1841–1845), Khmer: សង្គ្រាមសៀម-យួន (១៨៤១-១៨៤៥)) was a military...
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    1959. The act for the Lynn and Ely Railway received royal assent on 30 June 1845. Work started on the line in 1846 and so the railway arrived at Lynn on 27...
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    Col. William Murrell, Jr. (c. 1845–1932) also known simply as William Murrell, was an American newspaper editor, and politician. He represented Madison...
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  • Events from the year 1845 in the United States. President: John Tyler (I-Virginia) (until March 4) James K. Polk (D-Tennessee) (starting March 4) Vice...
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  • Events from the year 1845 in France. Monarch – Louis Philippe I 12 October – The Société Mathématique de France was founded. 20 November – Battle of Vuelta...
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  • Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1845. February 7: In the British Museum, a drunken visitor smashes the Portland Vase which takes...
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  • Events from the year 1845 in Germany. King of Bavaria – Ludwig I King of Hanover – Ernest Augustus King of Prussia – Frederick William IV King of Saxony...
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    Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and was assigned to traverse...
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