WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1848
Find out what all happened February to October 1848

The first railroad in Spain – between Barcelona and Mataró – is opened. (28. October 1848)

End of the June Days Uprising in Paris. (26. June 1848)

Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt – in Tipperary, Ireland, then in the United Kingdom, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police. (29. July 1848)

American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico. (18. April 1848)

In the Wallachian Revolution, Ion Heliade Rădulescu and Christian Tell issue the Proclamation of Islaz and create a new republican government. (21. June 1848)

The United States annexes New Mexico. (22. August 1848)

California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco. (2. February 1848)

Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government. (11. March 1848)

The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins. (22. February 1848)

Provisional government in revolutionary France, by Louis Blanc's motion, guarantees workers' rights. (25. February 1848)

Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress. (14. August 1848)

Battle of Pákozd: stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces at Pákozd; the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. (29. September 1848)

First performance of Finland's national anthem. (13. May 1848)

Revolutions of 1848 in the German states: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates. (20. March 1848)

King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne. (24. February 1848)

The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded. (23. March 1848)

Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state. (29. May 1848)

Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives a 3-foot (0.91 m)-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. (13. September 1848)

Slavery is abolished in Martinique. (22. May 1848)

Beginning of the June Days Uprising in Paris, France. (23. June 1848)