Page 6: Historical Events In 1848

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 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   

Dec 26   William and Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia.   

Dec 29   Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk's administration)   

Dec 29   Gas lights inaugural installed at White House (Polk's administration).   

Dec 29   Gaslights are installed in the White House   

Dec 30   Mary Frances Allitsen, composer.   

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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,