7 events found for 1848
The French National Assembly under Victor Schœlcher proclaims the abolition of slavery within France and it's colonies f
The Benty Grange helmet, a boar-crested Anglo-Saxon helmet with parallels to those mentioned in the contemporary epic po
French authorities suppressed the June Days uprising, in which workers rioted in response to plans to close the National
French authorities suppressed the June Days uprising (pictured), in which workers rioted in response to plans to close…
Waterloo Bridge Station, which later became Britain's busiest railway station by passenger usage, was opened by the…
The two-day Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's-rights and feminist convention held in the United States,…
An explosion drove an iron rod through the head of railroad foreman Phineas Gage; his survival and recovery influenced…