Page 4: Historical Events In 1848

May 30   Second battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians on this day in history.   

May 30   William G Young patents ice cream freezer cool idea on this day in history.   

Jun 01   On this day in history otto Valdemar Malling, composer   

Jun 02   On this day in history the Slavic congress in Prague begins.   

Jun 05   In the year 1848 statue of prince Willem the Silent unveiled   

Jun 07   Paul Gaugin, [Eugene Henri], French post-impressionist painter on this day in history.   

Jun 07   The birth of Paul Gauguin, French artist; lived with Van Gogh for some time on this day in history.   

Jun 10   On this day in history 1st telegraph link between NYC & Chicago   

Jun 10   In the year 1848 the first telegraph link between NYC &Chicago   

Jun 19   On this day in history elizabeth Stanton & Lucretia Mott open 1st women's rights convention   

Jun 22   Barnburners (anti-slavery) party nominates Martin Van Buren for Pres in the year 1848.   

Jun 23   On this day in history antoine Joseph Sax patents Saxophone   

Jun 23   In the year 1848 antoine Joseph Sax, inventor (saxophone)   

Jun 23   Bloody insurrection of workers in Paris in the year 1848.   

Jun 24   On this day in history brooks Adams, US philosopher (Theory of Social Revolutions)   

Jun 26   In the year 1848 1st pure food law enacted in US   

Jun 27   Denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54 on this day in history.   

Jul 03   Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands) on this day in history.   

Jul 04   In the year 1848 francois Rene de Chateaubriand French novelist/politician, dies   

Jul 04   In the year 1848 francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies   

Jul 06   Mexican-American War ended with the Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo on this day in history.   

Jul 11   Edmund Hickly gets 1st known 10 wicket innings (Kent v England) in the year 1848.   

Jul 15   In the year 1848 vilfredo F D Pareto, Italian economist/sociologist   

Jul 16   On this day in history henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor/composer (Lexicon of Music)   

Jul 18   On this day in history william Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer   

Jul 19   1st US women's rights convention (Seneca Falls NY) in the year 1848.   

Jul 19   On this day in history cornelis A Pekelharing, artist (fabric seller)   

Jul 19   On this day in history the first women's rights convention (Seneca Falls, NY)   

Jul 22   Karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1848.   

Jul 23   In the year 1848 battle of Custoza-Italian War of Independence, starts   

Jul 25   1st battle at Custozza: Austrians under Radetzky beat Italian in the year 1848.   

Jul 25   Arthur Earl Balfour, (C), British PM (1902-05) (Balfour Declaration) on this day in history.   

Jul 26   1st Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY) in the year 1848.   

Jul 26   The first Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY) in the year 1848.   

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Jan 01   John Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)   

Jan 05   Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 19   John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 21   In the year 1848 birth of henri Duparc, French composer   

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages)   

Jan 05   Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1848.   

Jan 09   On this day in history death of caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750)   

Jan 20   Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786) died in the year 1848.   

Feb 15   On this day in history death of hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771)   

Feb 20   [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

Feb 23   In the year 1848 john Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80   

Mar 03   In the year 1848 heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies   

Mar 20   On this day in history abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27