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Key Events in the History of Nova Scotia: 1846.
- Potato disease breaks out in Scotland. "The potato-crop failure of 1846 was followed by another in 1847 of a lesser degree, and the effects of both lasted for five years. Though, the Destitution Boards prevented the Highlands from becoming another Ireland ..."
- In this period, in Great Britain: "Four-fifths of the revenue came from the customs and excise."
- Viscount Falkland is appointed the governor of Bombay; and Sir John Harvey, who had been the governor of New Brunswick, comes to Nova Scotia as her new Lieutenant-governor.
- In 1846, the Oregon Territory was ceded to the U.S. from Britain following an 1818 joint claim on the territory (which resulted in the phrase "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!"). The Treaty of Oregon established the boundary at 49 degrees north.
- Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense (1846) popularized the "limerick."
- In Great Britain, the Corn Laws were Repealed.
- "Doulton's manufacture of cheap glazed earthenware pipes began in 1846."
- October 16th, 1846: In the amphitheater of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Thomas Green Morton, a Boston dentist, demonstrated the use of ether as an anesthetic.
- An act "To provide for completion of Main Road" from Halifax to Chester.
- An Act for the "Carting of Deals and Timber on certain Roads" at Cumberland County.
- Nova Scotia Western Steam Navigation Co. incorporated by statute.
- Pictou Gas Light Co. incorporated by statute.
- An act "relating to Treasury Notes, the Funded Debt, and the Halifax Savings' Bank".
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[Forward In Time (1847)]- Potato disease breaks out in Scotland. "The potato-crop failure of 1846 was followed by another in 1847 of a lesser degree, and the effects of both lasted for five years. Though, the Destitution Boards prevented the Highlands from becoming another Ireland ..."
