WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER 1848
Find out what all happened September to November 1848

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

In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opens. (1. November 1848)

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

Switzerland becomes a Federal state. (12. September 1848)

The American Association for the Advancement of Science is created. (20. September 1848)

A greatly revised Dutch constitution, drafted by Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, severely limiting the powers of the Dutch monarchy, and strengthening the powers of parliament and ministers, is proclaimed. (3. November 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)

Robert Blum, a German revolutionary, is executed in Vienna. (9. November 1848)