The Lunacy/Lunatics Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict., c. 100) and the County Asylums Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict., c. 126) formed mental health law in England and Wales from 1845 to 1890. The Lunacy Act's most important provision was a change in the status of mentally ill people to patients ...

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1845 Ship Country Description Benledi United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rhyl, Caernarfonshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. Benledi was refloated and put in to Hoylake, Cheshire.: Hortense France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the …

7 de abril: En México, un terremoto de magnitud estimada de 8 en la escala de Richter, con epicentro en Acapulco, sacude la ciudad de México y sus alrededores, sobre todo los pueblos cercanos de Tlalpan y Xochimilco.A este sismo se le conoce como el temblor de Santa Teresa, por haberse derrumbado la cúpula y la bóveda de la Capilla del Cristo de la Iglesia de Santa …