Timeline September 1846

Events in September 1846 4

• 1760 – 1846 Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) Died 26 September 1846, aged 86 Clarkson was an English abolitionist and a founder of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade. His research and campaigning helped pass the Slave Trade Act of 1807 and the abolition of slavery across the British Empire.
• 1846 Elias Howe patents the lock-stitch sewing machine Key invention for mechanised sewing Elias Howe received a US patent for a sewing machine using an eye-pointed needle and a shuttle to form a lock stitch. He later won royalties from Isaac Singer and other manufacturers in patent suits.
• 1846 Kot massacre Jung Bahadur Rana seizes power in Nepal Dozens of nobles and officials were killed in the palace armoury courtyard in Kathmandu. Jung Bahadur Kunwar took power after the massacre and founded the Rana dynasty of hereditary prime ministers, which ruled Nepal until 1951.
• 1846 Battle of Monterrey Taylor captures the city of Monterrey Zachary Taylor's army fought street by street into Monterrey, the capital of Nuevo León. The Mexican garrison surrendered under an armistice that let it withdraw.