Timeline Tuesday 4 July 1848

Events on Tuesday 4 July 1848 2

• 1768 – 1848 François-René de Chateaubriand (1768-1848) Died 4 July 1848, aged 79 French writer, diplomat and statesman, a founder of Romanticism in French literature. His works include Atala, René and the memoirs Mémoires d'outre-tombe, which were published after his death. He was buried on the island of Grand Bé off Saint-Malo.
• 1848 Washington Monument cornerstone laid Construction begins on the memorial in the capital The cornerstone of the Washington Monument was laid in Washington, D.C. on 4 July. Building stopped in 1854 for lack of money and because of the Civil War. The obelisk was finished in 1884.