Page 5: Historical Events In 1848

Jul 27   On this day in history vladimir de Pachmann, painter   

Jul 29   In the year 1848 irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt   

Jul 31   Jean Robert Planquette, France, composer (Bells of Corneville) in the year 1848.   

Aug 01   On this day in history frantiÅ¡ek Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor   

Aug 06   On this day in history nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58   

Aug 09   Austria & Sardinia sign cease fire on this day in history.   

Aug 09   Barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with the Free Soil Party on this day in history.   

Aug 09   On this day in history frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies   

Aug 12   George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies on this day in history.   

Aug 12   On this day in history macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile)   

Aug 14   Oregon Territory created on this day in history.   

Aug 15   M Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair on this day in history.   

Aug 15   Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 in the year 1848.   

Aug 18   Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas in the year 1848.   

Aug 19   Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding design/painter (Rue de Paris) on this day in history.   

Aug 22   In the year 1848 the United States annexes New Mexico   

Sep 04   On this day in history lewis H Latimer, inventor/engineer   

Sep 05   Manuel Giro, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 06   In the year 1848 national Black Convention meets (Cleveland)   

Sep 10   On this day in history william M Harnett, US painter (Old Violin)   

Sep 11   Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

Sep 12   Switzerland becomes a Federal state on this day in history.   

Sep 14   On this day in history alexander Stewart opens 1st US dept store   

Sep 14   Alexander Stewart opens the first US dept store in the year 1848.   

Sep 16   Slavery abolished in all French territories on this day in history.   

Sep 18   In the year 1848 baseball rules 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of runner   

Sep 19   On this day in history bond (US) & Lassell (England) independently discover Hyperion, moon of Saturn   

Sep 19   In the year 1848 hyperion, moon of Saturn, discovered by Bond (US) & Lassell (England)   

Sep 20   In the year 1848 the American Association for the Advancement of Science is created.   

Sep 24   In the year 1848 pieter Louis Tak, literary (The Chronicle)   

Sep 29   Battle of Pákozd: Hungarian forces defeat Croats at Pákozd; the first battle of the War of Independence in the year 1848.   

Sep 29   On this day in history caroline Ardelia Yale, US, educated deaf   

Oct 04   Louis Massonneau, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1848.   

Oct 16   1st US homeopathic medical college opens in Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of john Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924)   

Jan 04   Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913) was born in the year 1848.   

Jan 05   Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet was born in the year 1848.   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)   

Jan 18   In the year 1848 birth of ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925)   

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

Jan 21   Henri Duparc, French composer was born in the year 1848.   

Jan 22   Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750) died in the year 1848.   

Jan 20   Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786) died on this day in history.   

Feb 15   Hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771) died on this day in history.   

Feb 20   [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29 in the year 1848.   

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

Mar 03   On this day in history heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies   

Mar 20   Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 on this day in history.