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Historical Event(s)
– California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter’s Mill near Sacramento.
– California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco, California.
– Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno d'Italia
– Slavery is abolished in Martinique.
– Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
– Waterloo railway station in London opens.
– Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas.
– Switzerland becomes a Federal state.
– Battle of Pákozd: stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces at Pákozd; the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
– A greatly revised Dutch constitution, drafted by Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, severely limiting the powers of the Dutch monarchy, and strengthening the powers of parliament and ministers, is proclaimed.
Who Were Born On ?
– Reinhold Sadler, 9th Governor of Nevada (d. 1906)
– Jean Aicard, French poet (d. 1921)
– Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (d. 1934)
– Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social reformer (d. 1919)
– Johann Baptist Singenberger, Swiss composer, editor and publisher (d. 1924)
– Vilfredo Pareto, Italian economist and sociologist (d. 1923)
– Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926)
– Andrew Onderdonk, Canadian railway contractor (d. 1905)
– Jennie Lee, American actress (d. 1925)
– Pierre De Geyter, Belgian socialist and composer. Wrote the music for the song The International (d. 1932)