December 1845 in History

Events in History

Historic Event

Dec 2 US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West, a widely held belief termed "manifest destiny" by newspaper editor John O'Sullivan

Dec 6 Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity is founded at Yale College.

Historic Event

Dec 17 German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt arrives in Port Essington after a nearly 4,800 km (3,000 mi) overland journey to explore Australia's Northern Territory

Dec 27 Ether 1st used in childbirth in US in Jefferson, Georgia
Dec 29 Texas admitted as 28th state of the Union

Birthdays in History

Dec 12 Bruce Price, American architect, born in Cumberland, Maryland (d. 1903)
Dec 23 Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle, Canadian physician and founder of Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montreal), born in Sault-au-Récollet, Montreal
Dec 23 Gustave Ador, Swiss politician and 36th President of the Swiss Confederation (1919), born in Cologny, Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1928)