
1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). {| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1845 1846 1847 - 1848 - 1849 1850 1851 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1810s 1820s 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 1860s 1870s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century
|} ==Events== [[Image:1948matalerebellion.JPG|thumb|align="right"|Monument for the leaders of the 1848 Matale rebellion, Sri Lanka]] *The Revolutions of 1848 (qv.), a series of widespread but failed struggles for more liberal governments, from Brazil to Hungary. * January 24 - California gold rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, near Sacramento, California * January 26 - Henry David Thoreau addresses the Concord Lyceum with "The Rights and Duties of the Individual in Relation to Government" (which later came to be known as Talk:Civil disobedience). * February 2 - Mexican-American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the war. * February 2 - California Gold Rush: The first ship with China emigrants seeking fortune in California's gold country arrive in San Francisco, California. * February 21 - Karl Marx publishes ''The Communist Manifesto''. * February 24 - Abdication of ''Le Roi-Citoyen'' (citizen king) Louis-Philippe of France, King of the French and the proclamation of the Second Republic. * March 7 - The Great Mahele (land division) is signed in Hawaii. * March 10 - The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican-American War. * March 15 - Revolution breaks out in Pest. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party. * March 20 - King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates * March 23 - Province of Otago in New Zealand is founded. * March 29 - An upstream ice jam stops almost all water flow over Niagara Falls for 30 hours * April 10 Chartism 'Monster Rally' held in Kennington Park London, headed by Feargus O'Connor. A petition demanding the franchise is presented to parliament. * May 15 - Radicals invade the France Chamber of deputies * May 19 - Mexican-American War: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - Mexico ratifies the treaty thus ending the war and ceding Texas, California and most of Arizona and New Mexico to the United States for $15 million dollars. * May 29 - Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state. * July 19 - Women's rights: The two day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York and the "Bloomers" are introduced at the feminism convention. * July 29 - Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt - In Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against United Kingdom rule is put-down by a government police force. * August 19 - California Gold Rush: The ''New York Herald'' breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States, that there is a gold rush in California (although the rush started in January) * August 28 – Mathieu Luis, first black member joins the French parliament as a representative of Guadaloupe * November 1 - In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with Boston University School of Medicine), opens. * November 3 - Greatly revised Netherlands constitution proclaimed * November 7 - U.S. presidential election, 1848: Zachary Taylor is elected president in the first US presidential election held in every state on the same day. * December 2 - Ferdinand I of Austria, Emperor of Austria, abdicates in favor of his nephew, Franz Josef I of Austria. * December 10 - Prince Napoleon III of France elected first president of the French Second Republic. * December 20 - President Bonaparte takes his Oath of Office in front of the French National Assembly. * Cholera epidemic in New York kills 5000 * Associated Press founded in New York * Queen College for women founded in London * Wave of republican and democratic uprisings throughout Europe, mostly unsuccessful (see Revolution of 1848). * Women hold Seneca Falls Convention in New York. * Boston Public Library is founded by an act of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts * First railway in Spain is opened, with line Barcelona to Mataró (circa 40 km). * Illinois and Michigan Canal is completed. * Independent Republic of Yucatan joins Mexico in exchange for Mexican help in suppressing revolt by Maya Indians. * Serfdom is abolished in Austro-Hungarian Empire. * John Bird Sumner becomes archbishop of Canterbury. * British, Dutch, and German governments lay claim to New Guinea. * Admiral Gennadi Nevelskoi explores Strait of Tartary. * Dunedin, New Zealand is founded by Scots settlers. * University of Ottawa is founded. * University of Mississippi is founded. * University of Wisconsin, Madison is founded. * Geneva College in Pennsylvania is founded. * Holmes County, Florida is created. * Elizabeth Gaskell publishes ''Mary Barton'' anonymously. * Henrik Ibsen publishes first play ''Catilina''. * Ivar Aasen publishes Grammar of the Norwegian Dialects. * Robert Schumann composes opera ''Genoveva''. * Richard Wagner begins writing libretto that will become Der Ring des Nibelungen (''The Ring of the Nibelung''). ==Ongoing events== * Mexican-American War (1846-1848) * Irish Potato Famine (1845-1849) (1845-1849) ==Births== * January 6 - Hristo Botev, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1876) * January 19 - John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman and statesman (d. 1904) * January 21 - Henri Duparc, French composer (d. 1933) * February 5 - Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (d. 1907) * February 5 - Belle Starr, American outlaw (d. 1889) * February 8 - Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (d. 1908) * February 16 - Octave Mirbeau French art critic and novelist (d. 1917) * February 18 - Louis Comfort Tiffany, American glass artist (d. 1933) * February 24 - Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmanian politician (d. 1907) * February 24 - Grant Allen, Canadian author (d. 1899) * February 25 - Edward Harriman, railroad entrepreneur * February 27 - Hubert Parry, English composer (d. 1918) * March 10 - Albert Fraenkel, physician (d. 1916) * March 19 - Wyatt Earp, American lawman and gunfighter (d. 1929) * March 31 - William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor, British financier and statesman (d. 1919) * April 10 - Hubertine Auclert, French feminist (d. 1914) * May 23 - Otto Lilienthal, German engineer (d. 1896) * June 7 - Paul Gauguin, French artist (d. 1903) * July 6 - Gabor Baross, Hungarian statesman (d. 1892) * July 15 - Vilfredo Pareto, Italian economist (d. 1923) * July 22 - W. S. Stratton , American miner (d. 1902) * July 25 - George Robert Aberigh-Mackay, Anglo-Indian writer (d. 1881) *July 25 - Arthur James Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1930) * November 13 - Albert I, Prince of Monaco (d. 1922) * Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1930) ==Deaths== * January 19 - Isaac D'Israeli, English author (b. 1766) * February 23 - John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767) * March 29 - John Jacob Astor, American businessman (b. 1763) * April 8 - Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b. 1797) * June 27 - Denis Auguste Affre, Archbishop of Paris (b. 1793) * July 4 - François-René de Chateaubriand, French writer and diplomat (b. 1768) * August 7 - Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779) * August 12 - George Stephenson, English locomotive pioneer (b. 1781) * November 9 - Robert Blum, German politician (b. 1810) * November 23 - Sir John Barrow, English statesman (b. 1764) * November 24 - William Lamb, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1779) * December 19 - Emily Brontë, English author (b. 1818) * Edward Baines, British newspaperman and politician (b. 1774) 1848 la:1848 mi:1848 os:1848 simple:1848
I have made some year layout proposals which would affect a significant proportion of the year pages: an example of proposed style is 1850. It is detailed on my talk page. If no-one flags where I have put the discussion on my talk page that they object in a month I will start making everything consistent. It may take some time... --User:BozMo 21:04, 6 May 2004 (UTC)user talk:BozMo
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1848
1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). {| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1845 1846 1847 - 1848 - 1849 1850 1851 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1810s 1820s 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 1860s 1870s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century
|} ==Events== [[Image:1948matalerebellion.JPG|thumb|align="right"|Monument for the leaders of the 1848 Matale rebellion, Sri Lanka]] *The Revolutions of 1848 (qv.), a series of widespread but failed struggles for more liberal governments, from Brazil to Hungary. * January 24 - California gold rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, near Sacramento, California * January 26 - Henry David Thoreau addresses the Concord Lyceum with "The Rights and Duties of the Individual in Relation to Government" (which later came to be known as Talk:Civil disobedience). * February 2 - Mexican-American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the war. * February 2 - California Gold Rush: The first ship with China emigrants seeking fortune in California's gold country arrive in San Francisco, California. * February 21 - Karl Marx publishes ''The Communist Manifesto''. * February 24 - Abdication of ''Le Roi-Citoyen'' (citizen king) Louis-Philippe of France, King of the French and the proclamation of the Second Republic. * March 7 - The Great Mahele (land division) is signed in Hawaii. * March 10 - The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican-American War. * March 15 - Revolution breaks out in Pest. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party. * March 20 - King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates * March 23 - Province of Otago in New Zealand is founded. * March 29 - An upstream ice jam stops almost all water flow over Niagara Falls for 30 hours * April 10 Chartism 'Monster Rally' held in Kennington Park London, headed by Feargus O'Connor. A petition demanding the franchise is presented to parliament. * May 15 - Radicals invade the France Chamber of deputies * May 19 - Mexican-American War: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - Mexico ratifies the treaty thus ending the war and ceding Texas, California and most of Arizona and New Mexico to the United States for $15 million dollars. * May 29 - Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state. * July 19 - Women's rights: The two day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York and the "Bloomers" are introduced at the feminism convention. * July 29 - Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt - In Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against United Kingdom rule is put-down by a government police force. * August 19 - California Gold Rush: The ''New York Herald'' breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States, that there is a gold rush in California (although the rush started in January) * August 28 – Mathieu Luis, first black member joins the French parliament as a representative of Guadaloupe * November 1 - In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with Boston University School of Medicine), opens. * November 3 - Greatly revised Netherlands constitution proclaimed * November 7 - U.S. presidential election, 1848: Zachary Taylor is elected president in the first US presidential election held in every state on the same day. * December 2 - Ferdinand I of Austria, Emperor of Austria, abdicates in favor of his nephew, Franz Josef I of Austria. * December 10 - Prince Napoleon III of France elected first president of the French Second Republic. * December 20 - President Bonaparte takes his Oath of Office in front of the French National Assembly. * Cholera epidemic in New York kills 5000 * Associated Press founded in New York * Queen College for women founded in London * Wave of republican and democratic uprisings throughout Europe, mostly unsuccessful (see Revolution of 1848). * Women hold Seneca Falls Convention in New York. * Boston Public Library is founded by an act of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts * First railway in Spain is opened, with line Barcelona to Mataró (circa 40 km). * Illinois and Michigan Canal is completed. * Independent Republic of Yucatan joins Mexico in exchange for Mexican help in suppressing revolt by Maya Indians. * Serfdom is abolished in Austro-Hungarian Empire. * John Bird Sumner becomes archbishop of Canterbury. * British, Dutch, and German governments lay claim to New Guinea. * Admiral Gennadi Nevelskoi explores Strait of Tartary. * Dunedin, New Zealand is founded by Scots settlers. * University of Ottawa is founded. * University of Mississippi is founded. * University of Wisconsin, Madison is founded. * Geneva College in Pennsylvania is founded. * Holmes County, Florida is created. * Elizabeth Gaskell publishes ''Mary Barton'' anonymously. * Henrik Ibsen publishes first play ''Catilina''. * Ivar Aasen publishes Grammar of the Norwegian Dialects. * Robert Schumann composes opera ''Genoveva''. * Richard Wagner begins writing libretto that will become Der Ring des Nibelungen (''The Ring of the Nibelung''). ==Ongoing events== * Mexican-American War (1846-1848) * Irish Potato Famine (1845-1849) (1845-1849) ==Births== * January 6 - Hristo Botev, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1876) * January 19 - John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman and statesman (d. 1904) * January 21 - Henri Duparc, French composer (d. 1933) * February 5 - Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (d. 1907) * February 5 - Belle Starr, American outlaw (d. 1889) * February 8 - Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (d. 1908) * February 16 - Octave Mirbeau French art critic and novelist (d. 1917) * February 18 - Louis Comfort Tiffany, American glass artist (d. 1933) * February 24 - Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmanian politician (d. 1907) * February 24 - Grant Allen, Canadian author (d. 1899) * February 25 - Edward Harriman, railroad entrepreneur * February 27 - Hubert Parry, English composer (d. 1918) * March 10 - Albert Fraenkel, physician (d. 1916) * March 19 - Wyatt Earp, American lawman and gunfighter (d. 1929) * March 31 - William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor, British financier and statesman (d. 1919) * April 10 - Hubertine Auclert, French feminist (d. 1914) * May 23 - Otto Lilienthal, German engineer (d. 1896) * June 7 - Paul Gauguin, French artist (d. 1903) * July 6 - Gabor Baross, Hungarian statesman (d. 1892) * July 15 - Vilfredo Pareto, Italian economist (d. 1923) * July 22 - W. S. Stratton , American miner (d. 1902) * July 25 - George Robert Aberigh-Mackay, Anglo-Indian writer (d. 1881) *July 25 - Arthur James Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1930) * November 13 - Albert I, Prince of Monaco (d. 1922) * Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1930) ==Deaths== * January 19 - Isaac D'Israeli, English author (b. 1766) * February 23 - John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767) * March 29 - John Jacob Astor, American businessman (b. 1763) * April 8 - Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b. 1797) * June 27 - Denis Auguste Affre, Archbishop of Paris (b. 1793) * July 4 - François-René de Chateaubriand, French writer and diplomat (b. 1768) * August 7 - Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779) * August 12 - George Stephenson, English locomotive pioneer (b. 1781) * November 9 - Robert Blum, German politician (b. 1810) * November 23 - Sir John Barrow, English statesman (b. 1764) * November 24 - William Lamb, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1779) * December 19 - Emily Brontë, English author (b. 1818) * Edward Baines, British newspaperman and politician (b. 1774) 1848 la:1848 mi:1848 os:1848 simple:1848
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I have made some year layout proposals which would affect a significant proportion of the year pages: an example of proposed style is 1850. It is detailed on my talk page. If no-one flags where I have put the discussion on my talk page that they object in a month I will start making everything consistent. It may take some time... --User:BozMo 21:04, 6 May 2004 (UTC)user talk:BozMo
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