1846 in Mexico

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Incumbents

April 25 – Mexican-American War: Open conflict begins over border disputes of Texas' boundaries.
May 8 – Mexican-American War – Battle of Palo Alto: Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande at Palo Alto, Texas in the first major battle of the war.
May 9 – Mexican-American War – Battle of Resaca de la Palma in Brownsville, Texas
May 13 – Mexican-American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.

June 10 – Mexican-American War: The California Republic declares independence from Mexico.
June 14 – Bear Flag Revolt: American settlers in Sonoma, California start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic.
July 7 – Acting on instructions from Washington, DC, Commodore
August 6 – José Mariano Salas assumed the presidency as provisional president.
August 22 – President José Mariano Salas decreed the Mexican Constitution of 1824 in effect again.

1846 in North America

Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States

Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

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