Year in review
1846
2 recaps from this year - events, occasions, and cultural moments.
United States / Mexico · 1846 · Wars
1846Mexican-American War Begins
The Mexican-American War resulted in the US annexing half of Mexico's territory, establishing American continental dominance and intensifying sectional conflict over slavery expansion.
United States · 1846 · Disasters
1846Donner Party Disaster
The stranded wagon train's winter entrapment in the Sierra Nevada became American frontier's most notorious survival catastrophe.
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