Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild GCVO, PC was a British Jewish banker and politician from the wealthy international Rothschild family.
The daughter of a Shoshone chief, was captured by an enemy tribe and sold to a French Canadian trapper who made her his wife.
William Henry Harrison, an American military officer and politician, was the ninth President of the United States (1841), the oldest President to be elected at the time. On his 32nd day, he became the first to die in office, serving the shortest tenure in U.S. Presidential history.
John Tyler became the tenth President of the United States (1841-1845) when President William Henry Harrison died in April 1841. He was the first Vice President to succeed to the Presidency after the death of his predecessor
On September 23, 1846, Galle used Le Verrier’s calculations to find Neptune only 1° off Le Verrier’s predicted position. The planet was then located 12° off Adams’ prediction. … Today, both men – and Galle, who was the first to knowingly see the new planet through a telescope – are credited with the discovery.
America’s first anti-immigrant political party, the Know-Nothing Party forms, as a backlash to the increasing number of German and Irish immigrants settling in the United States.