1848

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{{Year nav|1848}} '''1848''' (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ==Events== *January 24 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California. *January 31 – The Washington Monument is established. *February 2 – Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the war and ceding to the United States virtually all of what is today the southwest of that country. *May 29 – Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state. *July 19 – Women's rights – Seneca Falls Convention: The 2-day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York and the "Bloomers" are introduced at the feminist convention. *November 7 – U.S. presidential election, 1848: Whig Zachary Taylor of Louisiana defeats Democrat Lewis Cass of Michigan in the first US presidential election held in every state on the same day. ==Births== *[[October 4]] - [[Lydia Hannah Draper]] (d. [[1912]]) ==Deaths== [[Category:Year]][[Category:1840s]]

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