Page 5: Historical Events In 1848

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

Jul 29   Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt in the year 1848.   

Jul 31   Jean Robert Planquette, France, composer (Bells of Corneville) on this day in history.   

Aug 01   FrantiÅ¡ek Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor on this day in history.   

Aug 06   On this day in history nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58   

Aug 09   In the year 1848 austria & Sardinia sign cease fire   

Aug 09   On this day in history barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with the Free Soil Party   

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   In the year 1848 macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile)   

Aug 14   Oregon Territory created in the year 1848.   

Aug 15   M Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Aug 22   On this day in history the United States annexes New Mexico   

Sep 04   Lewis H Latimer, inventor/engineer in the year 1848.   

Sep 05   Manuel Giro, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 06   On this day in history national Black Convention meets (Cleveland)   

Sep 10   William M Harnett, US painter (Old Violin) on this day in history.   

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

Sep 12   In the year 1848 switzerland becomes a Federal state.   

Sep 14   In the year 1848 alexander Stewart opens 1st US dept store   

Sep 14   On this day in history alexander Stewart opens the first US dept store   

Sep 16   Slavery abolished in all French territories on this day in history.   

Sep 18   Baseball rules 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of runner in the year 1848.   

Sep 19   Bond (US) & Lassell (England) independently discover Hyperion, moon of Saturn on this day in history.   

Sep 19   On this day in history hyperion, moon of Saturn, discovered by Bond (US) & Lassell (England)   

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

Sep 24   Pieter Louis Tak, literary (The Chronicle) on this day in history.   

Sep 29   Battle of Pákozd: Hungarian forces defeat Croats at Pákozd; the first battle of the War of Independence in the year 1848.   

Sep 29   In the year 1848 caroline Ardelia Yale, US, educated deaf   

Oct 04   Louis Massonneau, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1848.   

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

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

Jan 09   Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925) was born in the year 1848.   

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 in the year 1848.   

Jan 05   On this day in history ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73   

Jan 09   Caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750) died on this day in history.   

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

Feb 15   Hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771) died on this day in history.   

Feb 20   On this day in history [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29   

Feb 23   John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 in the year 1848.   

Mar 03   Heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies in the year 1848.   

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