Historical Events In 1848

Feb 24   C Grant B Allen, Canadian writer (Woman Who Did) in the year 1848.  

Feb 24   King Louis-Philippe abdicates, 2nd French republic declared in the year 1848.  

Feb 26   2nd French Republic forms in the year 1848.  

Feb 26   In the year 1848 2nd French Republic proclaimed  

Feb 26   Marx & Engels publish "The Communist Manifesto" on this day in history.  

Feb 27   Charles Hubert H Parry, England, musicologist/composer (Jerusalem) in the year 1848.  

Feb 29   On this day in history neufchatel declares independence of Switzerland  

Mar 01   In the year 1848 augustus Saint-Gaudens, US, sculptor/designer (1907 $20 gold piece)  

Mar 03   Heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies on this day in history.  

Mar 04   Sardinia-Piemonte gets new Constitution in the year 1848.  

Mar 05   On this day in history louis Antoine Garnier-Pages is named French minister of Finance.  

Mar 07   On this day in history in Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed  

Mar 07   Prussians stop insurrection in Varsovia on this day in history.  

Mar 09   On this day in history martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer  

Mar 11   In the year 1848 louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.  

Mar 12   2nd republic established in France in the year 1848.  

Mar 12   Cyrill Kistler, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 12   In the year 1848 second republic established in France  

Mar 15   On this day in history a revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party.  

Mar 17   On this day in history horace Wadham Nicholl, composer  

Mar 18   Nathaniel Herreshoff, America Cup yacht designer in the year 1848.  

Mar 19   In the year 1848 the birth of Wyatt Earp, American Lawman  

Mar 19   Wyatt Earp, Monmouth Ill, sheriff (OK Corral) in the year 1848.  

Mar 20   Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 in the year 1848.  

Mar 20   King Louis I of Bayern abdicates to marry dancer Lola Montez on this day in history.  

Mar 23   In the year 1848 first organized band of settlers lands at Dunedin, New Zealand.  

Mar 23   In the year 1848 the ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.  

Mar 24   In the year 1848 state of siege proclaimed in Amsterdam  

Mar 27   In the year 1848 john Parker Paynard originates medicated adhesive plaster  

Mar 29   On this day in history aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War  

Mar 29   On this day in history at about 5 am, the Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam on Lake Erie at the entrance to the River; only time in recorded history  

Mar 29   John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84 in the year 1848.  

Mar 29   In the year 1848 niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam  

Mar 31   On this day in history john Henry Roberts, composer  

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Jan 01   John Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)  

Jan 18   Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 19   John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904) was born in the year 1848.  

Jan 21   Henri Duparc, French composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 22   Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1848.  

Jan 09   On this day in history death of caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750)  

Jan 20   Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786) died on this day in history.  

Feb 15   On this day in history death of hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771)  

Feb 20   [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29 in the year 1848.  

Feb 23   On this day in history john Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80  

Mar 03   In the year 1848 heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies  

Mar 20   In the year 1848 abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27