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Historical Event(s)
– Mexican-American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
– A revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party.
– Revolutions of 1848 in the German states: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.
– The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.
– Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.
– Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt – in Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
– Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress.
– The first railroad in Spain – between Barcelona and Mataró – is opened.
– In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opens.
– California Gold Rush: In a message before the U.S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.
Who Were Born On ?
– Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925)
– Togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (d. 1934)
– Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (d. 1935)
– Louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920)
– Honoré Beaugrand, Quebec journalist and newspaper publisher (La Patrie) (d. 1906)
– Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social reformer (d. 1919)
– Otto Lilienthal, German aviation pioneer (d. 1896)
– W. G. Grace, English cricketer (d. 1915)
– Guido von List, German writer (d. 1919)
– Albert I, Prince of Monaco (d. 1922)