Page 4: Historical Events In 1848

May 30   In the year 1848 second battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians   

May 30   On this day in history william G Young patents ice cream freezer cool idea   

Jun 01   On this day in history otto Valdemar Malling, composer   

Jun 02   The Slavic congress in Prague begins on this day in history.   

Jun 05   On this day in history statue of prince Willem the Silent unveiled   

Jun 07   In the year 1848 paul Gaugin, [Eugene Henri], French post-impressionist painter   

Jun 07   On this day in history the birth of Paul Gauguin, French artist; lived with Van Gogh for some time   

Jun 10   1st telegraph link between NYC & Chicago on this day in history.   

Jun 10   The first telegraph link between NYC &Chicago in the year 1848.   

Jun 19   Elizabeth Stanton & Lucretia Mott open 1st women's rights convention on this day in history.   

Jun 22   Barnburners (anti-slavery) party nominates Martin Van Buren for Pres in the year 1848.   

Jun 23   Antoine Joseph Sax patents Saxophone on this day in history.   

Jun 23   Antoine Joseph Sax, inventor (saxophone) on this day in history.   

Jun 23   Bloody insurrection of workers in Paris in the year 1848.   

Jun 24   On this day in history brooks Adams, US philosopher (Theory of Social Revolutions)   

Jun 26   1st pure food law enacted in US in the year 1848.   

Jun 27   Denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54 in the year 1848.   

Jul 03   Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands) in the year 1848.   

Jul 04   Francois Rene de Chateaubriand French novelist/politician, dies on this day in history.   

Jul 04   On this day in history francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies   

Jul 06   Mexican-American War ended with the Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo in the year 1848.   

Jul 11   On this day in history edmund Hickly gets 1st known 10 wicket innings (Kent v England)   

Jul 15   On this day in history vilfredo F D Pareto, Italian economist/sociologist   

Jul 16   Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor/composer (Lexicon of Music) on this day in history.   

Jul 18   William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer in the year 1848.   

Jul 19   On this day in history 1st US women's rights convention (Seneca Falls NY)   

Jul 19   In the year 1848 cornelis A Pekelharing, artist (fabric seller)   

Jul 19   The first women's rights convention (Seneca Falls, NY) on this day in history.   

Jul 22   Karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1848.   

Jul 23   Battle of Custoza-Italian War of Independence, starts on this day in history.   

Jul 25   On this day in history 1st battle at Custozza: Austrians under Radetzky beat Italian   

Jul 25   Arthur Earl Balfour, (C), British PM (1902-05) (Balfour Declaration) on this day in history.   

Jul 26   1st Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY) in the year 1848.   

Jul 26   On this day in history the first Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY)   

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Jan 01   In the year 1848 birth of john Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924)   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of john F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904)   

Jan 21   On this day in history birth of henri Duparc, French composer   

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages)   

Jan 05   Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1848 death of caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750)   

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

Feb 15   In the year 1848 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   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   Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 in the year 1848.