360What happened in 1846?
7 moments from 1846 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- History · 16 October 1846
Ether anaesthesia is shown in public for the first time
On 16 October 1846, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, the dentist William Morton gave a patient ether before the surgeon John Collins Warren removed a tumour from his neck. The patient felt no pain. The public demonstration spread anaesthesia around the world within months and made modern surgery possible.
- On this day · 19 June 1846
An early baseball game is played under modern rules
On 19 June 1846, at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, the New York Nine beat the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club 23–1. It is often cited as the first recorded baseball game played under written rules. Baseball became America's national pastime.
- On this day · 10 October 1846
Triton, Neptune's largest moon, is discovered
On 10 October 1846, just 17 days after the planet Neptune was discovered, the English astronomer William Lassell found its largest moon, Triton. Triton orbits backwards, against Neptune's spin, and has geysers of nitrogen, seen by Voyager 2 in 1989.
- On this day · 16 October 1846
Ether anaesthesia is shown in public
On 16 October 1846, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, the dentist William Morton gave a patient ether before a surgeon removed a tumour from his neck. The patient felt no pain. Anaesthesia spread worldwide within months. The date is World Anaesthesia Day.
- 16 October 1846 · from Ether anaesthesia is shown in public for the first time
Public demonstration of ether in Boston
- December 1846 · from Ether anaesthesia is shown in public for the first time
Ether is first used in Britain
- 1846 · from The 1840s: stamps, anaesthesia and the first computer program
Anaesthesia demonstrated; Neptune discovered