Historical figures in 1848
The atlas holds 33 people and 56 moments here, in 1848. The most recorded lives are Frédéric Chopin, Karl Marx and Walt Whitman. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Educators.
Notable people
Abraham Lincoln
in 1848
1 moment here
American lawyer, Illinois legislator, congressman, and sixteenth president of the United States.…
Arthur Schopenhauer
in 1848
1 moment here
German philosopher and writer, born in Danzig and dead in Frankfurt am Main. His documented movements included childhood residences in Hamburg and Le…
Baháʼu'lláh
in 1848
1 moment here
Baháʼu'lláh (Mírzá Ḥusayn-ʻAlí Núrí) was an Iranian religious leader and founder of the Baháʼí Faith.…
Charles Darwin
in 1848
1 moment here
English naturalist, geologist, and biologist whose observations during the global voyage of HMS Beagle and subsequent research led to his theory of…
Charlotte Brontë
in 1848
1 moment here
English novelist, poet, and governess, best known for Jane Eyre. This chronology records documented physical presences from her birth in Thornton…
Edgar Allan Poe
in 1848
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American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic whose work helped shape Gothic fiction, detective fiction, and early science fiction.…
Emily Dickinson
in 1848
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American poet Emily Elizabeth Dickinson spent most of her life in Amherst, Massachusetts, with documented childhood schooling, a brief Boston…
Florence Nightingale
in 1848
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English social reformer, statistician, and nursing pioneer. Nightingale’s documented movements span childhood homes in England; travel and nursing…
Frédéric Chopin
in 1848
11 moments here
Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the early Romantic period. Born in Żelazowa Wola, he grew up and trained in Warsaw, travelled through Central…
Friedrich Engels
in 1848
2 moments here
German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…
George Sand
in 1848
2 moments here
French novelist, memoirist, journalist, and political writer born Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin.…
Giuseppe Verdi
in 1848
1 moment here
Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…
Heinrich Heine
in 1848
1 moment here
German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…
Henry David Thoreau
in 1848
2 moments here
American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher associated with transcendentalism. Thoreau lived chiefly in and around Concord, Massachusetts,…
Honoré de Balzac
in 1848
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French novelist and playwright, born in Tours and dead in Paris. Balzac created La Comédie humaine, an interlinked fictional panorama of…
James A. Garfield
in 1848
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James Abram Garfield was an Ohio educator, Union Army general, U.S. representative, and the 20th president of the United States.…
James K. Polk
in 1848
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James Knox Polk was the eleventh president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. Born in North Carolina and raised largely in Tennessee,…
John Quincy Adams
in 1848
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John Quincy Adams was an American diplomat, secretary of state, sixth president of the United States, and Massachusetts representative.…
José de San Martín
in 1848
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Argentine general and independence leader who helped secure the independence of Argentina, Chile, and Peru.…
Jules Verne
in 1848
1 moment here
French novelist, playwright, and poet whose documented life included residences and work in Nantes, Paris, Amiens, Auteuil, and Le Crotoy, together…
Karl Marx
in 1848
4 moments here
German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…
Louis Pasteur
in 1848
1 moment here
French chemist and microbiologist whose work on molecular asymmetry, fermentation, germ theory, pasteurization, and vaccines transformed modern…
Martin Van Buren
in 1848
1 moment here
Martin Van Buren was an American lawyer and politician who served as New York attorney general, U.S.…
Millard Fillmore
in 1848
1 moment here
Millard Fillmore was an American lawyer and politician from western New York who served in the New York Assembly, the U.S.…
Moments
- 1848 Spoke in the U.S. House Abraham Lincoln
- 1848 Witness to the Frankfurt uprising Arthur Schopenhauer
- 1848 Conference of Badasht Baháʼu'lláh
- 1848 Water cure at Malvern Florence Nightingale
- 1848 Stay at Calder House Frédéric Chopin
- 1848 Stay at Johnstone Castle Frédéric Chopin
- 1848 Flight and arrest Friedrich Engels
- 1848 Neue Rheinische Zeitung editor Friedrich Engels
- 1848 Visit to revolutionary Rome Giuseppe Verdi
- 1848 Lecture on individual and government Henry David Thoreau
- 1848 Geauga Seminary studies James A. Garfield
- 1848 Move to Boulogne-sur-Mer José de San Martín
- 1848 Residence at Rue de l'Ancienne-Comédie Jules Verne
- 1848 Chemistry professor at Strasbourg Louis Pasteur
- 1848 Move to Albany as comptroller Millard Fillmore
- 1848 Myrtle Avenue residence and printing office Walt Whitman
- 1848 Continental journey William Makepeace Thackeray
- 1848 Last Paris concert Frédéric Chopin
- 1848 Revolutionary activity in Paris George Sand
- 1848 Death in the Speaker's Room John Quincy Adams
- 1848 Birth at Trévières Octave Mirbeau
- 1848 New Orleans Crescent sojourn Walt Whitman
- 1848 Return from Mount Holyoke Emily Dickinson
- 1848 Arrested in Brussels Karl Marx
- 1848 Arrives in revolutionary Paris Karl Marx
- 1848 Revolutionary crisis visit to Berlin Otto von Bismarck
- 1848 Arrival for Great Britain tour Frédéric Chopin
- 1848 Returns to Cologne during the revolution Karl Marx
- 1848 Retreat to Osborne House Queen Victoria
- 1848 Rosenborggade corner apartment Søren Kierkegaard
- 1848 Performance at Stafford House Frédéric Chopin
- 1848 Political retreat to Nohant George Sand
- 1848 Confinement in Passy Heinrich Heine
- 1848 Arrives in Paris on second European tour Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 1848 Departure from New Orleans Walt Whitman
- 1848 Lectures in London Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 1848 Holidays at Swanage Charles Darwin
- 1848 Journey to London with Anne Charlotte Brontë
- 1848 Belknap Street residence Henry David Thoreau
- 1848 Washington Monument cornerstone ceremony James K. Polk
- 1848 Fourth of July at Lindenwald Martin Van Buren
- 1848 Concert in Manchester Frédéric Chopin
- 1848 Addresses Vienna workers Karl Marx
- 1848 Free Soil Convention delegate Walt Whitman
- 1848 Public concert in Glasgow Frédéric Chopin
- 1848 Return to Wierzchownia Honoré de Balzac
- 1848 Family move to Moscow Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1848 First visit to Balmoral Queen Victoria
- 1848 Edinburgh concert at Hopetoun Rooms Frédéric Chopin
- 1848 Final will at Warriston Crescent Frédéric Chopin