The following is taken from Author and Pioneer Era Pro Wrestling Historian Karl Stern’s book DragonKingKarl’s Pioneer Era Pro Wrestling Omnibus.

1846:

02-02-1846:  Andre Christol was born in the suburbs of Marseilles, France.

04-09-1846: In New York City a wrestling match is advertised between “Celebrated wrestler” and “teacher of wrestling in the city” William Price and Levi Martin.

08-22-1846: An advertisement is taken out in the New York City newspapers about a wrestler from “Europe” called The King of Wrestlers Charles. Charles issued a challenge to any strongmen and wrestlers in an open challenge to take place at Castle Garden. Side bets would be for $100, and placards would be placed on the street with the names of any wrestlers who had accepted the challenge. The matches were to take place in September.

09-11-1846:  The King of Wrestlers Charles informs the public by way of the New York Daily Newspaper that the wrestling matches he had challenged for at Castle Garden were going to have to be postponed due to a dispute with the venue over pay. The matches are to be moved to the Shakespeare Hotel and Saloon on September 19th instead. The challenge is accepted by a wrestler named Carriere. The match continues to be pushed forward into October and results, if it ever took place, do not appear in the newspaper. However, The King of Wrestlers Charles continues to wrestle in the New York area issuing challenges. By October, King of Wrestlers Charles was being promoted by the Bowery Circus, giving demonstrations in Grecian wrestling.

10-14-1846: The King of Wrestlers Charles wrestles an unnamed German challenger to a draw in Grecian wrestling at the Bowery Circus. Carriere, who had previously challenged Charles to a match with unknown results, again challenges Charles who refuses his challenge.

11-02-1846: King of Wrestlers Charles appears now in newspapers in Philadelphia, PA challenging all comers and promising exhibitions in Grecian Wrestling at the circus coming to Columbia Garden. In the same paper, Robert Caunt, who claims to be the brother of the wrestling champion of England, is also advertising wrestling demonstrations and states he invites Charles to attend the event. No outcome is ever published.

12-05-1846: A letter runs in the Sunbury Gazette (Pennsylvania) stating that a wrestler calling himself the King of Wrestlers Charles had shown up in town issuing a challenge to any local wrestler and charging 25 cents for admission. Charles was defeated by local miner Henry James.

12-16-1846:  Professor William Miller is born in Cheshire, England.

12-19-1846: The King of Wrestlers Charles, now going under the name Von Herrn Charles is in Baltimore, MD issuing the same wrestling challenges as other places with the site to be the Oriental Saloon.

12-22-1846:  Von Herrn Charles is defeated by Baltimore wrestler John Keys at the Oriental Saloon. It was said in the newspaper that Charles was thrown fairly.