Page 6: Historical Events In 1848
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Oct 27 Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46 


Oct 28 The inaugural railroad in Spain 


Oct 30 Zinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian vice-admiral. 


Nov 01 1st US woman's medical school opens (Boston) 


Nov 03 Johan Thorbeckes revises Great Force 


Nov 07 General Zachary Taylor elected as president of US 


Nov 08 Gottlob Frege, Germany, mathematician/logician (Begriffsschrift). 


Nov 09 Post office at Clay and Pike opens. 


Nov 09 Robert Blum, German MP (Liberal), executed 


Nov 13 Albert HK, monarch of Monaco (1889-1922) 


Nov 15 P Rossi, Italian, murdered. 


Nov 17 Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies. 


Nov 21 Alfred de Musset's "Andre del Sarto," premieres in Paris. 


Nov 21 Cincinatti Turngemeinde founded 


Nov 23 Alfred Julius Becher, composer, dies at 45 


Nov 23 Female Medical Educational Society forms in Boston. 


Nov 23 Female Medical Educational Society founded in Boston. 


Nov 24 Lilli Lehmann, opera singer. 


Nov 24 William Lamb 2nd viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834..41), dies at 69 


Dec 01 Cholera in Egypt 


Dec 01 Cholera in North America 


Dec 02 Franz Josef I is recorded as becoming emperor of Austria and King of Hungary 


Dec 05 Pres Polk triggers Gold Rush of '49, confirms Calif gold discovery. 


Dec 09 Joel Chandler Harris, US journalist (created Uncle Remus stories) 


Dec 12 William Vanderbilt, yachtsman (donated Vanderbilt Cup) 


Dec 15 Edwin Howland Blashfield, decorated the dome of Library of Congress 


Dec 17 Frederick Grant Gleason, composer. 


Dec 18 Karl Schroder, composer 


Dec 19 Adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77. 


Dec 21 Edward Everett Rice, composer 


Dec 25 Johann Erik Nordblom, composer, dies at 60 


Dec 25 New Haven Railroad opens 


Dec 26 1st gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to SF. 


Dec 26 inaugural gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to San Francisco 


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