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| 1849 |
| | Delegates of the German states offer the imperial crown of a united Germany to Frederick William IV, the king of Prussia, who rejects it | |
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| 1849 |
| | Francis Parkman's The Oregon Trail, already serialized in 1847, is published in book form | |
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| 1849 |
| | Nationalist leader Lajos Kossuth announces the independence of Hungary and the deposition of the Habsburg dynasty | |
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| 1849 |
| | An anti-British mob attacks the New York theatre where William Macready is appearing as Macbeth, leaving 22 dead and many injured | |
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| 1849 |
| | Scottish painter David Roberts completes publication of his 6-volume The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia | |
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| 1849 |
| | The gold rush to California gathers pace during 1849, causing the prospectors to become known as 'forty-niners' | |
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| 1849 |
| | In Vienna the younger Johann Strauss succeeds his father as the Waltz King | |
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| 1849 |
| | Pope Pius IX returns to Rome under the protection of French troops, with his enthusiasm for any form of change much reduced. | |
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| 1849 |
| | The Habsburgs recover power in both Austria and Hungary | |
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| 1849 |
| | Expelled from Germany after the year of revolutions, Marx makes his home in tolerant London | |
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