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| 1845 |
| | | The first Anglo-Sikh war breaks out between Sikh forces in the Punjab and encroaching forces of Britain's East India Company | |
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| 1845 |
| | | Friedrich Engels, after running a textile factory in Manchester, publishes The Condition of the Working Class in England | |
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| c. 1845 |
| | | Queen Victoria and Prince Albert follow the German custom of a family Christmas tree, immediately making it popular in Britain | |
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| 1846 |
| | | The first Anglo-Sikh war ends with the Treaty of Lahore, by which Jammu and Kashmir are ceded to the British | |
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| 1846 |
| | | The self-contained metal cartridge, with a percussion cap in its base, is patented by a Paris gunsmith named Houiller | |
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| 1846 |
| | | British prime minister Robert Peel carries a bill to repeal the Corn Laws, splitting his own party in the process | |
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| 1846 |
| | | Francis Parkman travels west into dangerous territory in Wyoming, an adventure he later describes in The Oregon Trail | |
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| c. 1846 |
| | | The Irish, fleeing from the potato famine at home, become the main group of immigrants to the USA | |
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| 1846 |
| | | The minority of Conservatives supporting Peel become a separate faction, henceforth known as the Peelites | |
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| 1846 |
| | | Edward Lear publishes his Book of Nonsense, consisting of limericks illustrated with his own cartoons | |
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