1845
1845 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar).
Events January 29 - The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is published for the first time (New York Evening Mirror ). February 7 - In the British Museum , drunken visitor smashes Portland Vase - it takes months to repair March 1 - President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas . March 3 - Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state . March 3 - For the first time the U.S. Congress passes legislation overriding a presidential Veto . March 11 - First Maori War : Chiefs Kawiti and Hone Heke lead 700 Maoris in the burning of the British colonial settlement of Kororareka , now known as Russell . March 17 - The Rubber band is invented in England May 20 - The HMS Erebus and Terror with 134 men under John Franklin sail from the River Thames beginning a disastrous expedition to find the Northwest Passage . July 4 - Near Concord, Massachusetts , Henry David Thoreau embarks on a two-year experiment in simple living at Walden Pond (see Walden ). July 20 - Charles Sturt enters the Simpson Desert in central Australia August 28 - Scientific American begins publication October 10 - In Annapolis, Maryland , the Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy ) opens with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors. October 13 - A majority of voters in the Republic of Texas approve a proposed constitution, that if accepted by the U.S. Congress , will make Texas a U.S. state . December 2 - Manifest Destiny : US President James Polk announces to Congress that the Monroe Doctrine should be strictly enforced and that the United States should aggressively expand into the West. December 5 - Templars of Honor and Temperance founded. December 6 - Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity founded. December 27 - Anesthesia is used for childbirth for the first time (Dr. Crawford Williamson Long in Jefferson, Georgia ). December 29 - Texas is admitted as the 28th U.S. state . December 30 - Queen's Colleges of Belfast , Cork and Galway are incorporated in Ireland . Ongoing Events Births February 15 - Elihu Root , American statesman and diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1937 ) February 25 - George Reid , fourth Prime Minister of Australia , (d. 1918 ) March 3 - Georg Cantor , German mathematician (d. 1918 ) March 10 - Emperor Alexander III of Russia (d. 1894 ) March 27 - Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923 ) April 24 - Carl Spitteler , Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924 ) May 12 - Gabriel Fauré , French composer (d. 1924 ) May 17 - Jacint Verdaguer , Catalan poet (d. 1902 ) May 25 - Eugčne Grasset , Swiss-born artist (d. 1917 ) May 25 - Lip Pike , baseball player (d. 1893 ) May 30 - King Amadeus I of Spain (d. 1890 ) June 7 - Leopold Auer , Hungarian violinist and composer (d. 1930 ) June 9 - Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (d. 1914 ) July 18 - Tristan Corbičre , French poet (d. 1875 ) July 19 - Horatio Nelson Young , American naval hero (d. 1913 ) August 10 - Abai Kunanbaev , Kazak poet (d. 1904 ) August 19 - Edmond James de Rothschild , French philantropist (d. 1934 ) August 25 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886 ) November 10 - John Sparrow David Thompson , Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1894 ) Joshua Levering , American Temperance movement leader and Ppresidential candidate of Prohibition Party in 1896 (d. ?) Deaths
1845 is also the name of a song on One Minute Silence 's album Buy Now... Saved Later .