Historical Events In 1848

Jul 27   On this day in history vladimir de Pachmann, painter  

Jul 29   On this day in history irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt  

Jul 31   In the year 1848 jean Robert Planquette, France, composer (Bells of Corneville)  

Aug 01   In the year 1848 františek Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor  

Aug 06   In the year 1848 nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58  

Aug 09   Austria & Sardinia sign cease fire in the year 1848.  

Aug 09   Barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with the Free Soil Party on this day in history.  

Aug 09   Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies in the year 1848.  

Aug 12   In the year 1848 george Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies  

Aug 12   On this day in history macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile)  

Aug 14   Oregon Territory created on this day in history.  

Aug 15   M Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair in the year 1848.  

Aug 15   On this day in history timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88  

Aug 18   Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas on this day in history.  

Aug 19   On this day in history gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding design/painter (Rue de Paris)  

Aug 22   The United States annexes New Mexico on this day in history.  

Sep 04   Lewis H Latimer, inventor/engineer on this day in history.  

Sep 05   Manuel Giro, composer in the year 1848.  

Sep 06   National Black Convention meets (Cleveland) in the year 1848.  

Sep 10   In the year 1848 william M Harnett, US painter (Old Violin)  

Sep 11   On this day in history henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87  

Sep 12   On this day in history switzerland becomes a Federal state.  

Sep 14   On this day in history alexander Stewart opens 1st US dept store  

Sep 14   Alexander Stewart opens the first US dept store on this day in history.  

Sep 16   On this day in history slavery abolished in all French territories  

Sep 18   Baseball rules 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of runner on this day in history.  

Sep 19   On this day in history bond (US) & Lassell (England) independently discover Hyperion, moon of Saturn  

Sep 19   Hyperion, moon of Saturn, discovered by Bond (US) & Lassell (England) in the year 1848.  

Sep 20   The American Association for the Advancement of Science is created in the year 1848.  

Sep 24   On this day in history pieter Louis Tak, literary (The Chronicle)  

Sep 29   Battle of Pákozd: Hungarian forces defeat Croats at Pákozd; the first battle of the War of Independence on this day in history.  

Sep 29   Caroline Ardelia Yale, US, educated deaf on this day in history.  

Oct 04   Louis Massonneau, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Oct 16   1st US homeopathic medical college opens in Pennsylvania on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of john Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924)  

Jan 04   In the year 1848 birth of katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 21   Henri Duparc, French composer was born in the year 1848.  

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   Caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750) died in the year 1848.  

Jan 20   In the year 1848 death of christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786)  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 23   In the year 1848 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   On this day in history abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27