1848
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1810s 1820s 1830s – 1840s – 1850s 1860s 1870s |
| Years: | 1845 1846 1847 – 1848 – 1849 1850 1851 |
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February 2: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the Mexican–American War and ceding all the Republic of Texas's territorial claims to the United States for $15m.
February 21: Karl Marx publishes The Communist Manifesto.
April 10: "Monster Rally" of Chartists held on Kennington Common in London; the first photograph of a crowd depicts it.
25 June: Barricades at rue Saint-Maur in Paris just before the attack of the army.
July 26: Matale Rebellion begins in Sri Lanka.
September 12: The Swiss Confederation reconstitutes itself as a federal republic.
September 24: a huge panorama of Cincinnati is shot. It is the widest of its era and the most old of all the North American panoramas.
Wyatt Earp aged around 39
Otto Lilienthal (23 May 1848 – 10 August 1896)
Paul Gauguin, photography, ca. 1891
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1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1848th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 848th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1840s decade. As of the start of 1848, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
- February 24 – The February Revolution begins.
Births
- February 27 – Hubert Parry, English composer
- March 19 – James Otis, American children's writer
- June 7 – Paul Gauguin, French painter
Deaths
- February 23 – John Quincy Adams, 80, sixth President of the United States, stroke (b. 1767)
New Books
- Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray