1848
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1810s 1820s 1830s – 1840s – 1850s 1860s 1870s |
| Years: | 1845 1846 1847 – 1848 – 1849 1850 1851 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1848 MDCCCXLVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2601 |
| Armenian calendar | 1297 ԹՎ ՌՄՂԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6598 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 4–5 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1769–1770 |
| Bengali calendar | 1255 |
| Berber calendar | 2798 |
| British Regnal year | 11 Vict. 1 – 12 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2392 |
| Burmese calendar | 1210 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7356–7357 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 4544 or 4484 — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 4545 or 4485 |
| Coptic calendar | 1564–1565 |
| Discordian calendar | 3014 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1840–1841 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5608–5609 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1904–1905 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1769–1770 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4948–4949 |
| Holocene calendar | 11848 |
| Igbo calendar | 848–849 |
| Iranian calendar | 1226–1227 |
| Islamic calendar | 1264–1265 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōka 5 / Kaei 1 (嘉永元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1775–1777 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4181 |
| Minguo calendar | 64 before ROC 民前64年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 380 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2390–2391 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1974 or 1593 or 821 — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1975 or 1594 or 822 |
1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1848th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 848th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1840s decade. As of the start of 1848, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
[change | change source]- February 24 – The February Revolution begins.
Births
[change | change source]- February 27 – Hubert Parry, English composer
- March 19 – James Otis, American children's writer
- June 7 – Paul Gauguin, French painter
Deaths
[change | change source]New Books
[change | change source]- Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray