The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins. The French Revolution of 1848 erupted from a…
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21 February 1848
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were two nineteenth-century German thinkers whose collaboration laid the foundations of…
11 July 1848
Waterloo railway station in London opens. Waterloo Station, officially known as London Waterloo, has a rich and layered history that dates back to the mid-19th…
5 December 1848
In a message to the United States Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California. The…
23 March 1848
The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded. The Ship John Wickliffe…
13 March 1848
The German revolutions of 1848–1849 begin in Vienna. The German revolutions of 1848–1849, also known as the March Revolution, were a series of popular uprisings…
21 February 1848
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto. “The Communist Manifesto” is a political pamphlet written by the German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich…
5 December 1848
California Gold Rush: In a message to the United States Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered…