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Concept
1848
Summary
1848 is historically famous for the wave of revolutions, a series of widespread struggles for more liberal governments, which broke out from Brazil to Hungary; although most failed in their immediate aims, they significantly altered the political and philosophical landscape and had major ramifications throughout the rest of the century.
Ereignisblatt aus den revolutionären Märztagen 18.-19. März 1848 mit einer Barrikadenszene aus der Breiten Strasse, Berlin 01.jpg|Cheering [[German revolutions of 1848–49|revolutionaries]] in Berlin, on March 19, 1848, with the new flag of Germany
Lar9 philippo 001z.jpg|French Revolution of 1848: Republican riots force King [[Louis-Philippe]] to abdicate
Zeitgenössige Lithografie der Nationalversammlung in der Paulskirche.jpg|[[Frankfurt Parliament|German National Assembly's]] meeting in St. Paul's Church
Pákozdi csata.jpg|[[Battle of Pákozd]] in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
January 3 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of the independent African Republic of Liberia.
January 12 – Sicilian revolution of 1848: The Palermo rising erupts in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
January 24 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California.
January 31 – In the United States:
Construction of the Washington Monument begins in Washington, D.C.
John C. Frémont is court-martialed on grounds of mutiny and disobeying orders. The verdict is set aside by U.S. President James K. Polk, but Frémont retires to California Territory.
February 2
Mexican–American War: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo – Mexico cedes virtually all of what becomes the Southwestern United States to the U.S. The unincorporated California Territory becomes a provisional official possession; it is never organized by the United States Congress as a territory, but directly passes the requirements for statehood in 1850.
John Henry Newman founds the first Oratory in the English-speaking world, when he establishes the Birmingham Oratory at 'Maryvale', Old Oscott, England.
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