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1848
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'''1848''' is a
leap year starting on Saturday of the
Gregorian calendar.
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Events
Image:Flag of Texas.svg February_2.html" title="Meaning of thumb thumb|[[February 2: The
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the
Mexican-American War Mexican–American War and ceding all the
Republic of Texas's territorial claims to the
United States for $15m..html" title="Meaning of [[February 2">thumb|[[February 2: The
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the
Mexican-American War Mexican–American War and ceding all the
Republic of Texas's territorial claims to the
United States for $15m.">[[February 2">thumb|[[February 2: The
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the
Mexican-American War Mexican–American War and ceding all the
Republic of Texas's territorial claims to the
United States for $15m.
Image:communist-manifesto.png February_21.html" title="Meaning of thumb thumb|[[February 21:
Karl Marx publishes ''
The Communist Manifesto''..html" title="Meaning of [[February 21">thumb|[[February 21:
Karl Marx publishes ''
The Communist Manifesto''.">[[February 21">thumb|[[February 21:
Karl Marx publishes ''
The Communist Manifesto''.
Image:Wisconsin state flag.png May_29.html" title="Meaning of thumb thumb|[[May 29:
Wisconsin admitted as the 30th
U.S. state..html" title="Meaning of [[May 29">thumb|[[May 29:
Wisconsin admitted as the 30th
U.S. state.">[[May 29">thumb|[[May 29:
Wisconsin admitted as the 30th
U.S. state.
Image:1948matalerebellion.JPG July_26.html" title="Meaning of thumb thumb|[[July 26:
Matale Rebellion begins in
Sri Lanka..html" title="Meaning of [[July 26">thumb|[[July 26:
Matale Rebellion begins in
Sri Lanka.">[[July 26">thumb|[[July 26:
Matale Rebellion begins in
Sri Lanka.
Image:Gedenkblatt 1874.jpg September_12.html" title="Meaning of thumb thumb|[[September 12: The
Swiss Confederation reconstitutes itself as a
federal republic..html" title="Meaning of [[September 12">thumb|[[September 12: The
Swiss Confederation reconstitutes itself as a
federal republic.">[[September 12">thumb|[[September 12: The
Swiss Confederation reconstitutes itself as a
federal republic.
image:ElectoralCollege1848-Large.png November_7.html" title="Meaning of thumb thumb|[[November 7:
U.S. presidential election, 1848 The first US presidential election held in every state on the same day sees
United States Whig Party Whig Zachary Taylor of
Louisiana defeat
United States Democratic Party Democrat Lewis Cass of
Michigan..html" title="Meaning of [[November 7">thumb|[[November 7:
U.S. presidential election, 1848 The first US presidential election held in every state on the same day sees
United States Whig Party Whig Zachary Taylor of
Louisiana defeat
United States Democratic Party Democrat Lewis Cass of
Michigan.">[[November 7">thumb|[[November 7:
U.S. presidential election, 1848 The first US presidential election held in every state on the same day sees
United States Whig Party Whig Zachary Taylor of
Louisiana defeat
United States Democratic Party Democrat Lewis Cass of
Michigan.
*The
Revolutions of 1848, a series of widespread but mostly failed struggles for more
classical liberalism liberal governments, from Brazil to Hungary.
*
January 3 -
Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first
President of Liberia president of the independent
African Republic of Liberia.
*
January 12 - The
Sicilian revolution of independence of 1848 Palermo rising in Sicily rises against the
Bourbon kingdom of the
Two Sicilies
*
January 24 -
California Gold Rush:
James W. Marshall finds
gold at
Sutter's Mill, in
Coloma, near
Sacramento, California Sacramento
*
January 24 - The
Storming of the Venezuelan National Congress takes place.
*
January 26 -
Henry David Thoreau addresses the
Concord Lyceum with "The Rights and Duties of the Individual in Relation to Government" (which later came to be known as
Talk:Civil disobedience Civil Disobedience).
*
February 2 -
Mexican-American War Mexican–American War: The
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the war.
*
February 2 -
California Gold Rush: The first ship with
China Chinese emigrants seeking fortune in
California's gold country arrive in
San Francisco, California San Francisco.
*
February 19 - First rescue party reaches the
Donner Party, a convoy of settlers almost buried under snow near what is now the
Donner Lake. They have eaten everything, including their own dead
*
February 21 -
Karl Marx publishes ''
The Communist Manifesto''.
*
February 22 - In
Paris, revolt erupts against the king
Louis Philippe of France Louis Philippe. Two days later he abdicates, leading to the
French Second Republic Second Republic.
*
March 4 -
Charles Albert of Savoy Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the ''
Statuto Albertino'' that will represent the first constitution of the ''
Kingdom of Italy Regno d'Italia''
*
March 7 - The
Great Mahele (land division) is signed in
Hawaii.
*
March 10 - The
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the
United States Senate, ending the
Mexican-American War Mexican–American War.
*
March 15 - Revolution breaks out in
Pest, Hungary. The
Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party.
*
March 18-
March 19 19, ''
Marsoroligheterna'', in
Stockholm, Sweden. Demonstrations outside the Royal Castle, where
revolutionaries demands reforms, among them that Sweden becomes a
republic. The Swedish king,
Oscar I gives the guards order to shot at the demonstartors.
*
March 20 - King
Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates
*
March 23 - Province of
Otago in
New Zealand is founded.
*
March 29 - An upstream
ice jam stops almost all water flow over
Niagara Falls for 30 hours
*
April 10 Chartism Chartist 'Monster Rally' held in
Kennington Park London, headed by
Feargus O'Connor. A petition demanding the franchise is presented to parliament.
*
April 10 - Bridge collapses in
Yarmouth,
England, leaving 250 dead
*
May 15 - Radicals invade the France Chamber of deputies
*
May 19 -
Mexican-American War:
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo -
Mexico ratifies the treaty thus ending the war and ceding
Texas,
California and most of
Arizona and
New Mexico to the
United States for $15 million.
*
May 29 -
Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th
U.S. state.
*
July 19 -
Women's rights:
Seneca Falls Convention - The two day
Women's Rights Convention opens in
Seneca Falls, New York and the "
Bloomers" are introduced at the
feminism feminist convention.
*
July 26 -
Matale Rebellion against
British Empire British rule in
Sri Lanka
*
July 29 -
Irish Potato Famine:
Tipperary Revolt - In
Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against
United Kingdom British rule is put-down by a government
police force.
*
August 17 -
Yucatán officially united with
Mexico
*
August 19 -
California Gold Rush: The ''
New York Herald'' breaks the news to the East Coast of the
United States, that there is a
gold rush in
California (although the rush started in January)
*
August 28 -
Mathieu Luis, first black member joins the French parliament as a representative of
Guadaloupe
*
September 12 - One of the few successes of the
Revolutions of 1848, the
Swiss Federal Constitution, patterned on the
US Constitution, enters into force, creating a
federal republic and one of the first modern
Democracy democratic states in
Europe.
*
November 1 - In
Boston, Massachusetts, the first
medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with
Boston University School of Medicine), opens.
*
November 3 - Greatly revised
Netherlands Dutch constitution proclaimed
*
November 7 -
U.S. presidential election, 1848:
United States Whig Party Whig Zachary Taylor of
Louisiana defeats
United States Democratic Party Democrat Lewis Cass of
Michigan in the first US presidential election held in every state on the same day.
*
December 2 -
Ferdinand I of Austria Ferdinand I, Emperor of
Austria, abdicates in favor of his nephew,
Franz Josef I of Austria Franz Josef I.
*
December 10 - Prince
Napoleon III of France Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte elected first president of the
French Second Republic.
*
December 20 - President Bonaparte takes his Oath of Office in front of the
French National Assembly.
*
December 26 - Phi Delta Theta Fraternity founded
*
Cholera epidemic in
New York kills 5000
*
Associated Press founded in
New York
* Queen's College for women founded in London
*
Boston Public Library is founded by an act of the Great and General Court of
Massachusetts
* Shaker song ''
Simple Gifts'' is written by
Joseph Brackett in Alfred, Maine
* First railway in
Spain is opened, with line
Barcelona to
Mataró (circa 40
Kilometre km).
*
Illinois and Michigan Canal is completed.
* Independent Republic of
Yucatán joins
Mexico in exchange for Mexican help in suppressing revolt by the indigenous
Maya peoples Maya population.
*
Serfdom is abolished in
Austro-Hungarian Empire.
*
John Bird Sumner becomes
archbishop of Canterbury.
* British, Dutch, and German governments lay claim to
New Guinea.
* Admiral
Gennadi Nevelskoi Nevelskoi explores
Strait of Tartary.
*
Dunedin, New Zealand is founded by Scots settlers.
*
University of Ottawa is founded.
*
University of Mississippi is founded.
*
University of Wisconsin-Madison is founded.
*
Geneva College in
Pennsylvania is founded.
*
Holmes County, Florida is created.
*
Elizabeth Gaskell publishes ''Mary Barton'' anonymously.
*
Henrik Ibsen publishes first play ''Catilina''.
*
Ivar Aasen publishes
Grammar of the Norwegian Dialects.
*
Robert Schumann composes
opera ''Genoveva''.
*
Richard Wagner begins writing
libretto that will become ''
Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (''The Ring of the Nibelung'').
*
Rhodes College is founded.
Ongoing events
*
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
*
Irish Potato Famine (1845-1849) Irish Potato Famine (1845-1849)
Births
*
January 6 -
Hristo Botev, Bulgarian revolutionary (d.
1876)
*
January 19 -
John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman and statesman (d.
1904)
*
January 21 -
Henri Duparc, French composer (d.
1933)
*
January 27 -
Togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (d.
1934)
*
February 5 -
Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (d.
1907)
* February 5 -
Belle Starr, American outlaw (d.
1889)
*
February 8 -
Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (d.
1908)
*
February 14 -
Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (d.
1934)
*
February 16 -
Octave Mirbeau, French art critic and novelist (d.
1917)
*
February 18 -
Louis Comfort Tiffany, American glass artist (d.
1933)
*
February 24 -
Grant Allen, Canadian author (d.
1899)
*February 24 -
Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmanian politician (d.
1907)
*
February 27 -
Hubert Parry, English composer (d.
1918)
*
March 19 -
Wyatt Earp, American lawman and gunfighter (d.
1929)
*
March 31 -
William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor Viscount William Astor, British financier and statesman (d.
1919)
*
April 7 -
Randall Thomas Davidson,
Archbishop of Canterbury (d.
1930)
*
April 10 -
Hubertine Auclert, French feminist (d.
1914)
*
May 23 -
Otto Lilienthal, German engineer (d.
1896)
*
June 7 -
Paul Gauguin, French artist (d.
1903)
*
July 6 -
Gabor Baross, Hungarian statesman (d.
1892)
*
July 9 -
Robert I, Duke of Parma, last ruling Duke of Parma (d.
1907)
*
July 15 -
Vilfredo Pareto, Italian economist (d.
1923)
*
July 22 -
W. S. Stratton Winfield Scott Stratton, American miner (d.
1902)
*
July 25 -
George Robert Aberigh-Mackay, Anglo-Indian writer (d.
1881)
*July 25 -
Arthur James Balfour,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d.
1930)
*
November 13 -
Albert I, Prince of Monaco (d.
1922)
Deaths
*
January 19 -
Isaac D'Israeli, English author (b.
1766)
*
January 20 -
Christian VIII of Denmark Christian VIII, King of Denmark (b.
1786)
*
February 15 -
Hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b.
1771)
*
February 23 -
John Quincy Adams, 6th
President of the United States (b.
1767)
*
March 29 -
John Jacob Astor, American businessman (b.
1763)
*
April 8 -
Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b.
1797)
*
May 25 -
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b.
1797)
*
June 27 -
Denis Auguste Affre, Archbishop of Paris (b.
1793)
*
July 4 -
François-René de Chateaubriand, French writer and diplomat (b.
1768)
*
August 7 -
Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b.
1779)
*
August 12 -
George Stephenson, English locomotive pioneer (b.
1781)
*
November 9 -
Robert Blum, German politician (b.
1810)
*
November 23 - Sir
John Barrow (English statesman) John Barrow, English statesman (b.
1764)
*
November 24 -
William Lamb Lord Melbourne,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b.
1779)
*
December 19 -
Emily Brontë, English author (b.
1818)
*
Edward Baines, British newspaperman and politician (b.
1774)
*
Kyokutei Bakin, Japanese author (b.
1767)
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