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Centuries: Year in Review 19th Century

Centuries: Year in Review 19th Century (18th century - 19th century - 20th century)

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18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s - 1850s - 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s

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Decades: 1790s - 1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s - 1900s

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Years: 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 - 1850 - 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855

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* end of the Irish potato famine

*End of the Irish potato famine

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*December 16 - The first four ships arrived at Lyttleton to settle Christchurch, New Zealand.

Centuries: Year in Review 19th Century (18th century - 19th century - 20th century)

Decades: 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s - 1850s - 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s

Years: 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 - 1850 - 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855

Events

End of the Irish potato famine
Millard Fillmore succeeds Zachary Taylor as President of the United States of America
The United States Republican Party is founded
August 28 - Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin? premieres
December 16 - The first four ships arrived at Lyttleton to settle Christchurch, New Zealand.

Births

August 5 - Guy de Maupassant, French writer
August 25 - [Charles Richet]?, Nobel Prize recipient for his work on anaphylaxis?

Deaths

Frederic Bastiat, French philosopher