WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1845
Find out what all happened January to August 1845

Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England. (19. May 1845)

"The Raven" is published in the New York Evening Mirror, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe (29. January 1845)

The Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand. (11. March 1845)

Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist. (13. March 1845)

The Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (6. August 1845)

Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state. (3. March 1845)

The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published. (28. August 1845)

President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas. (1. March 1845)

The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn, New York, New York is completed. (1. January 1845)