What Happened In March 1848 - Historical Events 1848 March

Historical Events for March, 1848

10th » The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican–American War.
11th » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
15th » A Hungarian Revolution of 1848 e.g revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party.
18th » Revolutions of 1848 in the German states e.g March Revolution: in Berlin there is a struggle between citizens and military, costing about 300 lives.
20th » Revolutions of 1848 in the German states: Monarch called King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.
23rd » The ship 'John Wickliffe (ship) John Wickliffe' arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scotland Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.

1st » Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Irish-American sculptor (d. 1907)
3rd » Adelaide Neilson, English actress (d. 1880)
8th » LaMarcus Adna Thompson, American developer of the roller coaster (d. 1917)
10th » William Thompson (archer) called William Thompson, American archer (d. 1918)
16th » Axel Heiberg, Norwegian financier and diplomat (d. 1932)
18th » Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, American engineer and architect (d. 1938)
18th » Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (d. 1939)
19th » Wyatt Earp, American police officer (d. 1929)
24th » Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1906)

25th » Albine de Montholon, Frech noblewoman, reputed mistress of Napoleon I (b. 1779)
29th » John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman (b. 1763)