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Contents
1 Events and Trends
1.1 Technology
1.2 War, peace and politics
1.3 Culture and Religion
1.4 Other
2 World Leaders
Events and Trends
Technology
First use of
anaesthesia
in an operation, by
Crawford Long
War, peace and politics
First signing of the
Treaty of Waitangi
(Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on
February 6
,
1840
at
Waitangi
New Zealand
. The treaty between the
British Crown
and
Maori
made New Zealand a British
colony
and is considered the founding point of modern New Zealand.
Mexican-American War
(
1846
-
1848
) fought between
Mexico
and the
United States of America
. The latter emerges victorious and gains undisputed control over
Texas
while annexing portions of
Arizona
,
California
and
New Mexico
.
Wave of
revolutions
in
Europe
. Collectively known as the
Revolution of 1848
.
Culture and Religion
Karl Marx
writes
The Communist Manifesto
, first published on
February 21
,
1848
.
Other
Introduction of the
postage stamp
. The first of them is
Penny Black
, issued by the
United Kingdom
on
May 1
,
1840
.
World Leaders
Emperor
Ferdinand I
(
Austria
)
Chancellor
Klemens Wenzel von Metternich
(
Austria
)
Emperor
Franz Josef
(
Austria-Hungary
)
King
Louis-Philippe
(
France
)
Pope Gregory XVI
Pope Pius IX
Emperor
Nicholas I
(
Russia
)
Queen
Victoria
(
United Kingdom
)
Prime Minister
Lord Melbourne
(
United Kingdom
)
Prime Minister Sir
Robert Peel
(
United Kingdom
)
Prime Minister
Lord John Russell
(
United Kingdom
)
President
Martin Van Buren
(
United States
)
President
William Henry Harrison
(
United States
)
President
John Tyler
(
United States
)
President
James Knox Polk
(
United States
)
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Last updated: 10-16-2005 18:23:01
Last updated: 01-04-2007 01:18:57
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