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Historical Event(s)
– California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter’s Mill near Sacramento.
– Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto.
– The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins.
– King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.
– The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican-American War.
– Revolutions of 1848 in the German states: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.
– Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.
– California Gold Rush: the New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January).
– Battle of Pákozd: stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces at Pákozd; the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
– Robert Blum, a German revolutionary, is executed in Vienna.
Who Were Born On ?
– Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and revolutionary figure (d. 1876)
– Matthew Webb, English swimmer/diver (d. 1883)
– Louis Comfort Tiffany, American glass artist (d. 1933)
– Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1914)
– Thomas Herbst German painter (d. 1915)
– Melville E. Stone, American newspaper publisher (d. 1929)
– Andrew Onderdonk, Canadian railway contractor (d. 1905)
– Jennie Lee, American actress (d. 1925)
– Sir Surendranath Banerjea, leader, Indian National Congress (d. 1925)
– Albert I, Prince of Monaco (d. 1922)