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Historical Event(s)
– Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of the independent African Liberia.
– Mexican-American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
– The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins.
– King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.
– The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican-American War.
– The Slavic congress in Prague begins.
– Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress.
– Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives a 3 ft-plus iron rod being driven through his head; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate thinking about the nature of the brain and its functions.
– California Gold Rush: In a message before the U.S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.
Who Were Born On ?
– Henri Duparc, French composer (d. 1933)
– Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean war hero (d. 1882)
– Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner, the last to carry out capital punishment in Sweden (d. 1920)
– Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmanian politician (d. 1907)
– Adelaide Neilson, English actress (d. 1880)
– Adelsteen Normann, Norwegian painter (d. 1919)
– Otto Lilienthal, German aviation pioneer (d. 1896)
– Paul Gauguin, French painter (d. 1903)
– Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian politician (d. 1919)
– Melville E. Stone, American newspaper publisher (d. 1929)