Historical Events in 1848
64 curated events dated to this year, and 163 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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1848
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Communist Manifesto Published
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Publication of 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'
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Publication of 'Once in Royal David's City'
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Publication of The Biglow Papers
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Publication of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
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Death of Branwell Brontë
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Discovery of Gold at Sutter's Mill
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Illness and Declining Health
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Involvement with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
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Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies
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Bread Riots and Social Unrest in Europe
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British Public Health Act and Sanitation Reform
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California Gold Rush
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California Gold Rush Begins
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California Gold Rush transforms western landscapes
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Despite serious illness, Słowacki travels to Wielkopolska
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Formation of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
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Political Exiles of the Revolutions of 1848
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Publication of 'The Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich'
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Publication of 'The Life, Letters, and Literary Remains of John Keats'
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Publication of A Fable for Critics
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Publication of The Vision of Sir Launfal
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Resignation from Oriel College Fellowship
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Revolutions of 1848 in the German States
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Seneca Falls Convention and Broader Women's Rights Context
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The Rise of the Women's Suffrage Movement
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Thomas Lovell Beddoes's struggles with mental health
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Travel to Italy
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Winning the Chancellor's Medal for English Verse
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Bering Sea Whaling Expansion
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Chartist Petition Rejected
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Exile in France
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Final Years in Grasmere
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Maury Coins the Term Hypnagogic State
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Mexican 'Corrido' Folk Ballad Tradition First Documented
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New York Married Women's Property Act
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Publication of The Night Before Christmas Illustrated
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Spiritualism Movement Begins
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St. Croix Slave Revolt and Emancipation
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Toggle Iron Harpoon Invention
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Travel to Paris and Rome
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WHSmith Opens a Railway Bookstall at Euston
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Young Ireland Rebellion Fails
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Death of Brother Branwell Brontë
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Death of his father, Lieutenant-General Sir Francis Hastings Doyle
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Ellen and William Craft Escape Slavery in Disguise
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Final Years and Continued Writing
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Friendship with Benjamin Franklin Newton
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Lord Kelvin Defines Absolute Zero
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Marriage to Effie Gray
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Ocean Monarch Burns off North Wales
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Pacific Arctic Whaling Begins
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Relocation to Crocketford
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Relocation to Detroit
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Rise of 'Spiritualism' and Seances
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Stringfellow demonstrates a powered fixed-wing model
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The 'Spiritualism' Fad
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Thomas Lovell Beddoes's return to England
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Bessemer Automated Glass Manufacturing
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Birth of First Child
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Hardy Begins Schooling in Lower Bockhampton
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Mangan's Friendship with John O'Hagan
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Poets alive in 1848
163 poets
Poets in 1848
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