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Events on January 31 in history

Milwaukee Bridge War
1846Jan, 31

After the Milwaukee Bridge War, Juneautown and Kilbourntown unify as the City of Milwaukee.

The Milwaukee Bridge War, sometimes simply the Bridge War, was an 1845 conflict between people from different regions of what is now Milwaukee, Wisconsin over the construction of a bridge crossing the Milwaukee River.

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Events on 1846

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    Mexican-American War

    President James K. Polk asked for a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting the Mexican-American War. It is approved on May 13.
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    Conquest of California

    American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the conquest of California.
  • 10Sep

    Sewing machine

    Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
  • 24Sep

    Zachary Taylor

    Mexican-American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.
  • 16Oct

    Ether Dome

    William T. G. Morton first demonstrated ether anesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital in the Ether Dome.