Page 4: Historical Events In 1848

Jun 01   Otto Valdemar Malling, composer   

Jun 02   The Slavic congress in Prague begins   

Jun 05   Statue of prince Willem the Silent unveiled   

Jun 07   Paul Gaugin, [Eugene Henri], French post-impressionist painter.   

Jun 07   Paul Gauguin, French artist; lived with Van Gogh for some time is born   

Jun 10   1st telegraph link between NYC and Chicago.   

Jun 10   The inaugural telegraph link between NYC and Chicago   

Jun 19   Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott open 1st women's rights convention.   

Jun 22   Barnburners (anti-slavery) party nominates Martin Van Buren for Pres   

Jun 23   Antoine Joseph Sax patents Saxophone   

Jun 23   Antoine Joseph Sax, inventor (saxophone)   

Jun 23   Bloody insurrection of workers in Paris.   

Jun 24   Brooks Adams, US philosopher (Theory of Social Revolutions).   

Jun 26   1st pure food law enacted in US   

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

Jul 03   Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands)   

Jul 04   Francois Rene de Chateaubriand French novelist/politician, dies.   

Jul 04   Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies   

Jul 06   Mexican-American War ended with the Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo   

Jul 11   Edmund Hickly gets 1st known 10 wicket innings (Kent v England).   

Jul 15   Vilfredo F D Pareto, Italian economist/sociologist   

Jul 16   Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor/composer (Lexicon of Music).   

Jul 18   William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer   

Jul 19   1st US women's rights convention (Seneca Falls NY)   

Jul 19   Cornelis A Pekelharing, artist (fabric seller)   

Jul 19   The inaugural women's rights convention (Seneca Falls, NY)   

Jul 22   Karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60   

Jul 23   Battle of Custoza-Italian War of Independence, starts   

Jul 25   1st battle at Custozza: Austrians under Radetzky beat Italian   

Jul 25   Arthur Earl Balfour, (C), British PM (1902-05) (Balfour Declaration)   

Jul 26   1st Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY).   

Jul 26   The inaugural Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY).   

Jul 27   Vladimir de Pachmann, painter.   

Jul 29   Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt.   

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Jan 01   John goff: Irish lawyer    

Jan 04   Katsura taro: Prime minister of japan   

Jan 05   Khristo botev: Hero of bulgarian revolt against turkey, poet   

Jan 09   Princess frederica of hanover: Princess frederica of hanover (d. 1926)   

Jan 18   Ioan slavici: Transylvanian writer   

Jan 19   John f. stairs: Canadian businessman   

Jan 21   Henri duparc: French composer   

Jan 22   Samuel muller fzn: Dutch historian/archivist (middle ages)   

Jan 05   Ferdinando orlandi: Composer,    

Jan 09   Caroline herschel: German-born astronomer (b. 1750)   

Jan 20   Christian viii of denmark: Christian viii of denmark (b. 1786)   

Feb 15   Hermann von boyen: Prussian field marshal (b. 1771)   

Feb 20   [willem] alexander fcnm: Prince of neth/gen-maj,   

Feb 23   John quincy adams: 6th us pres (1825-1829),    

Mar 03   Heinrich olivier: German painter,   

Mar 20   Abraham des amorie van der hoeven: Dutch theologist/poet,