Historical Events in September 1846

InventionHistoric Invention

Sep 10 Elias Howe takes out a US patent for a lockstitch sewing machine

Inventor Elias Howe
Inventor
Elias Howe
  • Sep 15 Jung Bahadur Rana grabs power in Nepal

Event of interestEvent of Interest

Sep 18 Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning exchange last letters before eloping

Poet Robert Browning
Poet
Robert Browning
Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Poet
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  • Sep 23 Johann Gottfried Galle & Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune
  • Sep 25 US troops under Gen Taylor occupies Monterey Mexico
  • Sep 30 Anesthetic ether used for 1st time by American dentist Dr William Morton who extracts a tooth