Timeline May 1846

Events in May 1846 4

• 1846 – 1916 Henryk Sienkiewicz Nobel Author Author of Quo Vadis and The Trilogy, Nobel laureate for 1905.
• 1846 Battle of Palo Alto First major battle of the Mexican-American War Zachary Taylor's army defeated Mariano Arista's larger Mexican force near present-day Brownsville, Texas. American artillery won the battle, and the Americans won again at Resaca de la Palma the next day.
• 1846 United States declares war on Mexico Start of the Mexican-American War Congress approved President James K. Polk's request for war after the clashes along the Rio Grande. The war ended in 1848 with Mexico ceding about half its territory to the United States.
• 1846 Louis-Napoleon escapes from Ham Future emperor flees prison disguised as a labourer Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from the fortress of Ham, where he had been held since his failed coup of 1840. He walked out disguised as a workman and fled to England.