What Happened In February 1848 In History

Historical Events for February, 1848

• 2nd » Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
• 2nd » California Gold Rush: The first ship with Han Chinese called Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco.
• 21st » Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish 'The Communist Manifesto'.
• 22nd » The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins.
• 24th » List of French monarchs or King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1848

• 4th » Jean Aicard, French poet, author, and playwright (d. 1921)
• 5th » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (d. 1907)
• 5th » Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean lieutenant (d. 1882)
• 5th » Belle Starr, American criminal (d. 1889)
• 14th » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (d. 1934)
• 16th » Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (d. 1935)
• 16th » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1917)
• 17th » Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner (d. 1920)
• 17th » Louisa Lawson, Australian poet and publisher (d. 1920)
• 18th » Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist (d. 1933)
• 20th » E. H. Harriman, American businessman (d. 1909)
• 24th » Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian politician (d. 1907)
• 27th » Hubert Parry, English composer and historian (d. 1918)
• 28th » Arthur Giry, French historian (d. 1899)

Famous Deaths for February 1848

• 15th » Hermann von Boyen, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (b. 1771)
• 23rd » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 29th » Louis-François, Baron Lejeune, French general and painter (b. 1775)

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