Timeline February 1848

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• 1767 – 1848 John Quincy Adams 6th President — son of John Adams John Quincy Adams (Jul 11, 1767 – Feb 23, 1848) was the 6th President 1825-1829 and son of the 2nd President. He later served in Congress for 17 years after his presidency, dying at his desk in the House of Representatives.
• 1801 – 1848 Thomas Cole (1801-1848) Died 11 February 1848, aged 47 English-born American painter who founded the Hudson River School of landscape painting. His best-known works include the series The Course of Empire and The Voyage of Life. He died at Catskill, New York.
• 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed Ends the Mexican-American War The United States and Mexico signed the treaty at Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican-American War. Mexico gave up about 55 percent of its territory, including present-day California, Nevada, Utah and parts of several other states, in return for $15 million. The Rio Grande was confirmed as the border with Texas.
• 1848 The Communist Manifesto Published Landmark pamphlet with Engels Published in London in February 1848, "The Communist Manifesto" opened with the declaration that "a spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of communism" and famously closed with the call "Workers of the world, unite!" The pamphlet outlined the theory of class struggle, critiqued capitalism's contradictions, and called for the proletariat to overthrow bourgeois society. It became one of the most influential political documents in world history, translated into virtually every major language.
• 1848 The Communist Manifesto published Marx and Engels issue their political pamphlet in London The Manifesto of the Communist Party by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels was published in London in German on 21 February. It set out a theory of history as class struggle and called on workers of all countries to unite. It became one of the most influential political texts ever written.
• 1848 February Revolution in France Louis Philippe overthrown and the Second Republic proclaimed Protests in Paris over the banning of political banquets turned into an insurrection on 22 February. King Louis Philippe abdicated on 24 February and a provisional government proclaimed the Second Republic. The revolution set off uprisings across much of Europe.