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Events on Friday 24 November 1848 2
1779 – 1848William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848)Died 24 November 1848, aged 69British Whig statesman who was Prime Minister in 1834 and from 1835 to 1841. He was the political mentor of the young Queen Victoria. His wife was Lady Caroline Lamb.
1848Pope Pius IX flees RomePope escapes to Gaeta after the murder of Pellegrino RossiPius IX fled Rome in disguise on 24 November and took refuge at Gaeta in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Unrest after the assassination of his chief minister, Pellegrino Rossi, had forced him out. The Roman Republic was proclaimed in his absence early in 1849.