What Happened In July 1848 - Historical Events 1848 July

Historical Events for July, 1848

3rd » Slaves are freed in the Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands) by Peter von Scholten in the culmination of a year-long plot by enslaved Africans.
11th » London Waterloo station named Waterloo railway station in London opens.
29th » Great Famine (Ireland) Irish Potato Famine: Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848 Tipperary Revolt In Tipperary, Ireland, then in the United Kingdom, an unsuccessful Irish nationalism nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.

7th » Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian politician, 5th President of Brazil (d. 1919)
9th » Robert I, Duke of Parma (d. 1907)
15th » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian economist and sociologist (d. 1923)
18th » W. G. Grace, English cricketer (d. 1915)
22nd » Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1914)
25th » Arthur Balfour, Scottish politician, 33rd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1930)
27th » Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist and politician, Minister of Education (Hungary) e.g Minister of Education of Hungary (d. 1919)
27th » Thomas Herbst (painter) known as Thomas Herbst German painter (d. 1915)