WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JUNE 1848
Find out what all happened February to June 1848

The Slavic congress in Prague begins. (2. June 1848)

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

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

Mexican–American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15 million. (19. May 1848)

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

A revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party. (15. March 1848)

Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno d'Italia (4. March 1848)

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

Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany. (18. May 1848)

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

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

Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed. (2. February 1848)

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

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

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

Provisional government in revolutionary France, by Louis Blanc's motion, guarantees workers' rights. (25. 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 ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded. (23. March 1848)

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto. (21. February 1848)