January
Elizabeth Blackwell was the first female doctor in the United States. It was the year 1849 when she was award her MD.
The President of the United States was James Knox Polk, then Zachary Taylor.
February
President Polk was the first President to be photographed.
March
Minnesota became a US Territory
Zachary Taylor refused to be sworn in to office on a Sabbath. He was sworn in the next day.
April
The Irish Potato famine starves many, while others flee to America.
May
There’s a break in the levee holding the raging waters of the Mississippi. New Orleans is mostly under water.
St. Louis burns. Steamboat catches fire and burns nearly the entire city.
June
Ft. Worth TX is founded.
President James Knox Polk. 1795-1849.
John David Pipes was born (email researcher)
July
First Lady Dolley Madison. 1768-1849.
August
James Marshall McKendree was born (email researcher)
September
October
Edgar Allen Poe. 1809-1849
December
Crazy Horse is born.
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