California (TRIH ep 61)
1848 · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the longue durée and myth-making of California, tracing its name to the early Spanish romance Deeds of Esplandian and noting prehistoric remains from the La Brea tar pits. They cover early European contact (Francis Drake), Spanish and Jesuit missions, Mexican rule and the effects of Mexican independence, then the chaotic American takeover around the Mexican–American War and the explosive population shift of the 1848 Gold Rush.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1848
- Great Famine of Ireland (1845)
- Crimean War (1853)
- Indian Rebellion of 1857 (1857)
- Taiping Rebellion (1851)
- Revolutions of 1848 (1848)
- Opium Wars (1839)
- Perry Expedition to Japan (1853)
- Communist Manifesto (1848)
- British Raj (1858)
- First public demonstration of surgical anaesthesia (1846)