What Happened In January 1848 - Historical Events 1848 January

Historical Events for January, 1848

3rd » Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first President of Liberia e.g president of the independent African Liberia.
12th » The Sicilian revolution of independence of 1848 or Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the House of Bourbon known as Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
31st » John C. Frémont is Court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders.

1st » John W. Goff, Irish lawyer and politician (d. 1924)
4th » Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)
6th » Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet (d. 1876)
9th » Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)
10th » Reinhold Sadler, American politician, 9th List of Governors of Nevada called Governor of Nevada (d. 1906)
19th » John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1904)
19th » Matthew Webb, English swimmer and diver (d. 1883)
21st » Henri Duparc (composer) called Henri Duparc, French composer (d. 1933)
24th » Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (d. 1916)
27th » Togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (d. 1934)