WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO NOVEMBER 1845
Find out what all happened May to November 1845

The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York. (23. September 1845)

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

In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 midshipman students and seven professors. (10. October 1845)

Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: Battle of Vuelta de Obligado. (20. November 1845)

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

The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church. (9. October 1845)

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

A majority of voters in the Republic of Texas approve a proposed constitution that, if accepted by the U.S. Congress, will make Texas a U.S. state. (13. October 1845)