Page 7: Historical Events In 1848

Dec 25   New Haven Railroad opens in the year 1848.   

Dec 26   1st gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to SF in the year 1848.   

Dec 26   First gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to San Francisco in the year 1848.   

Dec 26   On this day in history william & Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia   

Dec 29   Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk's administration) in the year 1848.   

Dec 29   Gas lights first installed at White House (Polk's administration) in the year 1848.   

Dec 29   On this day in history gaslights are installed in the White House.   

Dec 30   Mary Frances Allitsen, composer in the year 1848.   

Dec 31   Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1848.   

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Jan 01   John Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924) was born in the year 1848.   

Jan 04   In the year 1848 birth of katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet   

Jan 09   Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926) was born in the year 1848.   

Jan 18   Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925) was born in the year 1848.   

Jan 19   John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904) was born in the year 1848.   

Jan 21   On this day in history 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   On this day in history ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73   

Jan 09   Caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750) died on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 03   Heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies on this day in history.   

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