November 1848 in History

Events in History

  • Nov 1 First US women's medical school opens (Boston)
  • Nov 3 Johan Thorbeckes revises the Constitution of the Netherlands

Electoral defeatElection of Interest

Nov 7 General Zachary Taylor elected as 12th President of US

12th US President Zachary Taylor
12th US President
Zachary Taylor
  • Nov 9 Post office at Clay & Pike opens
  • Nov 9 Robert Blum, a German revolutionary and MP (Liberal), is executed in Vienna.
  • Nov 21 Alfred de Musset's "Andre del Sarto" premieres in Paris
  • Nov 21 Cincinnati Turngemeinde founded
  • Nov 23 Female Medical Educational Society forms in Boston

Birthdays in History

  • Nov 6 Richard Jefferies, English naturalist and essayist, born in Coate, Swindon, England (d. 1887)
  • Nov 8 Gottlob Frege, German mathematician/logician (Begriffsschrift)
  • Nov 12 Eduard Müller, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1919)
  • Nov 13 Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1889-1922), born in Paris (d. 1922)

Deaths in History

  • Nov 15 P Rossi, Italian, murdered
  • Nov 17 Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies

Person of interestWilliam Lamb

Nov 24 William Lamb, 2ng Viscount Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Whig 1834, 1835-41), dies at 69

British Prime Minister William Lamb
British Prime Minister
William Lamb