January 1, 1848 Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua January 5, 1848 Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73 January 5, 1848 Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet January 8, 1848 Austrian soldiers kill 10 students, Pavia January 9, 1848 1st commercial bank in San Francisco established January 9, 1848 People's uprising in Palermo Sicily January 21, 1848 Henri Duparc, French composer January 22, 1848 Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages) January 24, 1848 James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California January 28, 1848 King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution January 29, 1848 Sicily accepts new Constitution (choose parliament/freedom of press) February 1, 1848 Adhemar Esmein, French lawyer February 2, 1848 1st ship load of Chinese arrive in San Francisco February 2, 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; U.S. acquires Texas California, New Mexico & Arizona for $15 million February 4, 1848 [Francois-Victor-]Jean Aicard, Fren playwright/poet (Jeune Croyances) February 5, 1848 Belle Starr [Myra Belle Shirley], U.S. female outlaw (wild west) February 5, 1848 Joris-Karl Huysmans, France, writer (Against the Grain) February 6, 1848 Luigi Mancinelli, composer February 14, 1848 James K. Polk became 1st President photographed in office by Matthew Brady February 15, 1848 Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston