What happened in 1848?
210 recorded events in 1848, including 74 in people, 37 in economy & trade and 27 in wars & conflicts. A further event is dated only to the wider period.
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Major Events 1
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Revolutions of 1848
A wave of political upheaval sweeps dozens of European countries, the largest revolutionary wave in the continent's history.
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Wars & Conflicts 27
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First Schleswig War
Military conflict 1848–1851
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Second Anglo-Sikh war
1848-1849 war in the Pubjab
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Battle of Custoza
1848 battle of the First Italian War of Independence
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Battle of Goito
1848 battle
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Skirmish of Pastrengo
1848 battle of the first Italian War of Independence
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Battle of Santa Lucia
1848 battle in the First Italian War of Independence
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Battle of Bov
1848 battle
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Battle of Pákozd
1848 battle
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Battle of Fort Tabarsi
Battle
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Battle of Nybøl
1848 battle
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Battle of Schleswig
1848 battle
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Battle of Schwechat
1848 battle
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Battle of Monte Berico
1848 battle
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Battle of Ramnagar
1848 battle of the Second Anglo-Sikh War in northwestern India
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Battle of Mór
1848 battle
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Storming of Freiburg
1848 battle during the Baden Revolution
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Battle of Boomplaats
1848 battle
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Siege of Multan
1848 siege during the Second Anglo-Sikh War
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Battle of Dybbøl
1848 battle of the First War of Schleswig
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Battle of Goito Bridge
Battle of the First War of Italian Independence
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Battle on the Scheideck
1848 battle
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Battle of Volta Mantovana
1848 battle of the First Italian War of Independence
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Skirmish of Todos Santos
1848 battle of the Mexican-American War
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Battle of Perlasz
Battle between Perlez and Ečka (today: Serbia) on September 2, 1848
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Battle of Miłosław
Battle during the Greater Poland uprising (1848)
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Battle of Santa Cruz de Rosales
During the Mexican–American War in Chihuahua, Mexico
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Battle of Dabarki
1848 battle
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Politics & Government 2
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Peace treaty that concludes Mexican-American War of 1846-1848
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Treaty of Lake Poygan
Treaty of Lake Poygan (Politics & Government).
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People 74
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Bernard Bolzano died
Bohemian mathematician and priest (1781–1848)
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Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse died
Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1777-1848)
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Jöns Jacob Berzelius died
Swedish chemist (1779–1848)
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George Stephenson died
English civil and mechanical engineer and the "Father of Railways" (1781-1848)
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Caroline Herschel died
German-British astronomer (1750-1848)
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Ludwig Leichhardt died
German explorer of Australia (1813-1848)
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John Barrow died
English statesman (1764-1848)
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Francis Crozier died
Irish naval officer and polar explorer
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William Howley died
Archbishop of Canterbury (1766-1848)
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James Dunlop died
Australian astronomer (1793–1848)
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William Cornwallis Harris died
English military engineer and artist (1807–1848)
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José María Narváez died
Spanish naval officer, explorer, and navigator
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Edmund Kennedy died
Australian explorer
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Ferdinand Gottlieb von Gmelin died
German physician, natural historian, chemist and explorer
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Robert Stuart died
American fur trader (1785-1848)
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Xavier Hommaire de Hell died
Geographer, engineer (1812–1848)
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Pierre Wantzel died
French mathematician (1814–1848)
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Jean-Baptiste Debret died
French painter (1768–1848)
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Alberto Lista died
Spanish poet (1775-1848)
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Francesco de Vico died
Italian astronomer (1805-1848)
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Franciszek Armiński died
Polish astronomer
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Johann Albert Eytelwein died
German engineer (1764-1848)
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Samuel Guthrie died
American physician
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Robert Adamson died
Scottish chemist and photographer (1821–1848)
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Johan Jakob Nervander died
Finnish writer (1805–1848)
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Joseph Dutens died
French civil engineer
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Charles Anthony Deane died
British diving engineer (1796–1848)
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Josef Jüttner died
Czech cartographer, and Austrian army general (1775-1848)
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Phipps Hornby died
English cricketer
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William Joseph Snelling died
19th century American journalist and writer (1804–1848)
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Harry Goodsir died
Scottish physician and naturalist
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Thomas J. Farnham died
United States explorer and author (1804–1848)
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George Ruxton died
British botanist, geologist and explorer
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Angelo Confalonieri died
Italian missionary linguists, cartographers (1813-1848)
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Avdotia Istomina died
Imperial Russian ballerina (1799–1848)
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Karoline Jagemann died
German opera singer
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Márk Rózsavölgyi died
Hungarian musician
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Pavel Mochalov died
Russian actor (1800–1848)
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Louise Fusil died
French actor and writer
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Jerónima Llorente died
Spanish actress
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Sophie Stebnowska died
Polish actor-singer
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Robert Coates died
British eccentric
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Tryphosa Jane Wallis died
English actress
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Karl Malss died
German writer (1792-1848)
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Thomas Archer died
British actor and dramatist (1789-1848)
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Octave Mirbeau born
Born in Trévières. French writer, art critic and journalist (1848–1917).
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Gottlob Frege born
Born in Wismar. German philosopher, logician, and mathematician (1848–1925).
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Arthur Balfour born
Born in Whittingehame. British Prime Minister, Conservative politician, and statesman (1848-1930).
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Vilfredo Pareto born
Born in Paris. Italian economist and sociologist (1848-1923).
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Joris-Karl Huysmans born
Born in Paris. French novelist and art critic (1848–1907).
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Helmuth von Moltke the Younger born
Born in Biendorf. Chief of the German General Staff (1848–1916).
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Johann Palisa born
Born in Opava. Austrian astronomist (1848–1925).
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Tōgō Heihachirō born
Born in Kajiya-chō. Japanese admiral of the fleet (1848–1934).
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Katsura Tarō born
Born in Hagi. Japanese general and politician (1848–1913).
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Hristo Botev born
Born in Kalofer. Bulgarian poet, journalist and revolutionary (1847–1876).
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Wilhelm Windelband born
Born in Potsdam. German philosopher (1848–1915).
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Auguste Forel born
Born in Morges. Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (1848-1931).
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Alexei Kuropatkin born
Born in Sheshurino. Imperial Russian general (1848-1925).
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Carl Stumpf born
Born in Wiesentheid. German philosopher (1848–1936).
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Hermann Diels born
Born in Biebrich. German classical scholar (1848–1922).
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Guido von List born
Born in Vienna. Austrian writer (1848-1919).
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Hans Delbrück born
Born in Bergen auf Rügen. German historian (1848-1929).
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Zinovy Rozhestvensky born
Born in Saint Petersburg. Russian admiral (1848-1909).
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Hermann von Eichhorn born
Born in Wrocław. German general (1848-1918).
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Grant Allen born
Born in Kingston. Canada born British science writer, novelist and scientist (1848 – 1899).
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Maximilian von Prittwitz born
Born in Bierutów. German general (1848-1917).
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Lothar von Trotha born
Born in Magdeburg. German general (1848-1920).
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Kurd Lasswitz born
Born in Wrocław. German author, scientist and philosopher (1848–1910).
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Fritz von Uhde born
Born in Wolkenburg. German artist (1848–1911).
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Bernard Bosanquet born
Born in Alnwick. English philosopher (1848–1923).
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George John Romanes born
Born in Kingston. British evolutionary biologist (1848–1894).
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Benjamin Baillaud born
Born in Chalon-sur-Saône. French astronomer (1848-1934).
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Romesh Chunder Dutt born
Born in Kolkata. Historian, economist, writer, translator, civil servant, politician (1848-1909).
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Vincent Arthur Smith born
Born in Dublin. Irish historian and indologist (1843–1920).
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Science & Technology 7
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Trenton Psychiatric Hospital
Hospital in New Jersey, United States
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Yarra Bend Asylum
Former hospital in Victoria, Australia
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Chowan University
Private university in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, United States
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Western Pennsylvania Hospital
Hospital in Pennsylvania, United States
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Weiden Clinic
Building in Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Upper Palatinate, Germany
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Green Memorial Hospital
Hospital in Sri Lanka
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Hamilton General Hospital
Hospital in Canada
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Exploration & Discovery 5
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Vozrozhdeniya island
Former island in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
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Benty Grange helmet
7th-century boar-crested Anglo-Saxon helmet
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Ostrov Konstantin
Ostrov Konstantin (Exploration & Discovery).
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Xantho
Ship wrecked off the coast of Western Australia
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Lazarev Cape
Cape
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Religion & Belief Systems 9
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Muhammad Ali Mosque
Mosque in Egypt
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Küçük Mecidi Mosque
Mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
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Aosta Cathedral
Church building in Aosta, Italy
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St. Michael's Cathedral
Historic church in Alaska, United States
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Haji Badal Mosque
Mosque in Azerbaijan
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Old Synagogue
Former synagogue in Canterbury, Kent, England
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Synagogue in Chyše
Synagogue in Chyše (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Saint Michael church, Sevastopol
Temple in Sevastopol, Crimea
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Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Voskresensky Novodevichy monastery
Temple in Moskovsky District, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Economy & Trade 37
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BNP Paribas
French bank and financial services company
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Omega SA
Swiss luxury watchmaker
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Democratic National Committee
Top institution of the U.S. Democratic Party
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Prudential plc
British multinational life insurance and financial services company
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Chicago Board of Trade
World's oldest options and futures exchange, located in Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Lazard
Global Financial advisory and asset management firm
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American President Lines
France company
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Andrew Handyside and Company
Former iron founder company
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Wacker Neuson SE
Manufacturer of construction equipment
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Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
Company
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John Laing plc
British developer and operator of infrastructure projects
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Fred. Olsen & Co.
Company
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Christiania Bank
Norwegian bank, 1848 to 2000
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Brown Thomas
Department store chain in Ireland
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Schenectady Locomotive Works
Defunct locomotive manufacturer in Schenectady, New York, United States
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Comptoir national d'escompte de Paris
French banking company (1848-1966)
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Domtar
Company
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A. Schaaffhausen'scher Bank Association
Former German bank
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Lindström
Textile rental service company
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Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Defunct railroad in the Southern U.S.
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James Martin and Company
South Australian manufacturing company (1848–1915)
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Marshall, Sons & Co.
Business
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Washington Gas
Public utility holding company
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Goulds Pumps
Goulds Pumps (Economy & Trade).
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Krug Brewery
Brewery in Omaha, Nebraska
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Matheson & Company
London based trading house that was acquired in 1912 by Jardine Matheson
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John Aird & Co.
Former British civil engineering business
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Scottish Building Society
A building society in Scotland.
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Westfield Insurance
American insurance company
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A. Zerega's Sons, Inc.
American pasta manufacturer
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Anglia Building Society
Defunct building society of the United Kingdom
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Cosens & Co Ltd
British excursion steamer and marine engineering company
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Farrel Corporation
American rubber and plastic manufacturing company
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East Boston Savings Bank
Stock savings bank
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National Life Group
American Life Insurance and annunities Company
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Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Law firm
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Kleinberger Galleries
Paris and NYC art dealership
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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1848 Marlborough earthquake
Earthquake in New Zealand
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Social Movements & Revolutions 12
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Hungarian Revolution of 1848
European Revolution of 1848
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French Revolution of 1848
One of a wave of revolutions in 1848 in Europe
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Five Days of Milan
Insurrection and a major event in the Revolutionary Year of 1848
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Slovak Uprising 1848-1849
Conflict
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Sicilian revolution of 1848
1848 rebellion against Bourbon rule in the Kingdom of Sicily
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Wallachian Revolution of 1848
Liberal and Romanian nationalist uprising
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Greater Poland Uprising of 1848
1848 military insurrection in Prussian-occupied Greater Poland
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Young Ireland rebellion
1848 Irish nationalist uprising
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Whitsuntide events in Prague
Armed conflict on 12-17 June 1848 in Prague
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Praieira revolt
Praieira revolt (Social Movements & Revolutions).
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March Revolution (Denmark)
March Revolution (Denmark) (Social Movements & Revolutions).
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Mars Unrest
March 1848 unrest in Stockholm, Sweden
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Architecture & Engineering 27
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Église Saint-Georges
Church in Lyon, France
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De Papegaai
Church in RL Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Gjerstad Church
Church in Gjerstad, Norway
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Gjesdal Church
Church building in Gjesdal, Rogaland, Norway
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Hølonda Church
Church in Melhus, Norway
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St Catherine's Church in Warsaw
Church
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Ålvundeid Church
Church building in Sunndal, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
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Lyngdal church
Parish church in Norway
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Vigmostad Church
Church building in Lindesnes, Southern Norway
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Viksdalen Church
Church building in Sunnfjord, Norway
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The Aowei Church of Holy Rosary
Church building in Fuzhou, People's Republic of China
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Palazzo Barbieri
Building in Verona, Italy
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The Hidden Gem
Roman Catholic diocesan shrine and parish church in Manchester, UK
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Għaxaq Semaphore Tower
British built the tower in Ghaxaq, Malta
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Bredsättra Church
Church in Bredsättra socken, Sweden
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St Maurice's Church of Soultz-les-Bains
Roman-catholic church located in Bas-Rhin, in France
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St Beuno’s Ignatian Spirituality Centre
Jesuit retreat in Tremeirchion, Denbighshire, Wales
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Summerville Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
Church building in North Carolina, United States of America
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Ta' Kenuna Tower
1848 semaphore tower in Malta
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Ann Street Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian church building in Queensland, Australia
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Church of the Holy Trinity
Church building in Belper, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK
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St. Kentigern's Church, Aspatria
Church in Aspatria, Cumberland, Cumbria , England, UK
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Archdiocesan Shrine of Santa Teresa de Avila
Roman Catholic church in Graeco-Roman architectural style located in Talisay City, Cebu
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Ackerville Baptist Church of Christ
Church building in Wilcox County, Alabama
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All Saints Episcopal Church
Historic Episcopal church at 96 and 201 Scarborough Rd. in Briarcliff Manor, Westchester County, New York
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Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church
Church building in Maryland, United States of America
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Church of St. Jude
Church
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Empires & Countries 8
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Switzerland founded
Switzerland was founded, with its capital at Bern.
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French Second Republic founded
French Second Republic was founded, with its capital at Paris.
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July Monarchy dissolved
July Monarchy ceased to exist, having been centered at Paris.
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Republic of Yucatán dissolved
Republic of Yucatán ceased to exist, having been centered at Mérida.
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Republic of San Marco founded
Republic of San Marco was founded, with its capital at Venice.
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German Empire of 1848/1849 founded
German Empire of 1848/1849 was founded, with its capital at Frankfurt.
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Orange River Sovereignty founded
Orange River Sovereignty was founded, with its capital at Bloemfontein.
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federalism in Switzerland founded
federalism in Switzerland was founded.
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records this entry only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. It is listed here because 1848 is where that broader date falls, not because it is known to have happened in 1848.
1840s 1
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Church of the Holy Apostles
Church building in Manhattan, United States of America
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