Editing 1840s (section)

==== North America ====
* [[1843]] – [[Saint Louis University School of Law]] becomes the first law school west of the [[Mississippi River]].
* [[January 15]], [[1844]] – The [[University of Notre Dame]] receives its charter from [[Indiana]].
* [[February 1]], [[1845]] – [[Anson Jones]], President of the [[Republic of Texas]], signs the charter officially creating [[Baylor University]]. Baylor is the oldest university in the State of [[Texas]] operating under its original name.
* [[October 10]], [[1845]] – In [[Annapolis, Maryland]], the Naval School (later renamed the [[United States Naval Academy]]) opens with fifty midshipmen and seven professors.
* [[November 1]], [[1848]] – In [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], the first [[medical school]] for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merges with [[Boston University School of Medicine]]), opens.
* November 1849 – [[Austin College]] receives a charter in [[Huntsville, Texas]].