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1848

Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar).

1848 is historically famous for the wave of revolutions that significantly altered the political and philosophical landscape and had major ramifications throughout the rest of the century.

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Events of 1848

<a href="http://reference.canadaspace.com/search/February 2/" class="wiki">February 2</a>: The <a href="http://reference.canadaspace.com/search/Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo/" class="wiki">Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo</a> is signed, ending the <a href="http://reference.canadaspace.com/search/Mexican-American War/" class="wiki">Mexican–American War</a> and ceding all the <a href="http://reference.canadaspace.com/search/Republic of Texas/" class="wiki">Republic of Texas</a>'s territorial claims to the <a href="http://reference.canadaspace.com/search/United States/" class="wiki">United States</a> for $15m.
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.
<a href="http://reference.canadaspace.com/search/April 10/" class="wiki">April 10</a>: "Monster Rally" of <a href="http://reference.canadaspace.com/search/Chartism/" class="wiki">Chartist</a>s held on <a href="http://reference.canadaspace.com/search/Kennington Common/" class="wiki">Kennington Common</a> in London; the first photograph of a crowd depicts it.
April 10: "Monster Rally" of Chartists held on Kennington Common in London; the first photograph of a crowd depicts it.
<a href="http://reference.canadaspace.com/search/May 29/" class="wiki">May 29</a>: <a href="http://reference.canadaspace.com/search/Wisconsin/" class="wiki">Wisconsin</a> admitted as the 30th <a href="http://reference.canadaspace.com/search/U.S. state/" class="wiki">U.S. state</a>.
May 29: Wisconsin admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
<a href="http://reference.canadaspace.com/search/September 12/" class="wiki">September 12</a>: The <a href="http://reference.canadaspace.com/search/Swiss Confederation/" class="wiki">Swiss Confederation</a> reconstitutes itself as a <a href="http://reference.canadaspace.com/search/federal republic/" class="wiki">federal republic</a>.
September 12: The Swiss Confederation reconstitutes itself as a federal republic.

January–March

April–June

  • June 17 – The Austrian army bombards Prague and crushes a working class revolt.
  • June 22 – The French government dissolves the national workshops in Paris, giving the workers the choice of joining the army or going to workshops in the provinces.

July–September

  • September 13 – Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage incredibly survives a 3-foot-plus iron rod being driven through his head.

October–December

  • November 4France ratifies a new constitution. The Second Republic of France is set up, ending the state of temporary government lasting since the Revolution of 1848.

Undated

  • The Independent Republic of Yucatán joins Mexico in exchange for Mexican help in suppressing a revolt by the indigenous Maya population.
  • Great Britain's first public health law, which creates a national health board and gives cities broad authority to build modern sanitary systems, is passed.

Ongoing events

Births

January–June

July–December



Deaths




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