John Quincy Adams died on 23 February 1848 in United States Capitol, aged 80. The sixth President of the United States, Adams was the son of the second president, John Adams, and had an exceptional diplomatic career before taking office, serving in Europe and later as secretary of state under James Monroe. In that role he helped shape the Monroe Doctrine and negotiated the treaty that acquired Florida. He was chosen president by the House of Representatives after the contested 1824 election, and his single term was hampered by political opposition. Unusually, he then returned to Congress for many years, where he was a leading opponent of slavery's expansion and of the gag rule on anti-slavery petitions, and in 1841 he argued for the captives in the Amistad case.
Before and after
- 2 February 1848Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- 16 February 1848Birth of Octave Mirbeau
- 21 February 1848Publication of The Communist Manifesto
- from 22 February 1848 to 2 December 1848French Revolution of 1848
- 23 February 1848Death of John Quincy Adams
- from 24 February 1848 to 2 December 1852French Second Republic
- from 15 March 1848 to 4 October 1849Hungarian Revolution of 1848
- from 18 March 1848 to 22 March 1848Five Days of Milan
- from 24 March 1848 to 8 May 1851First Schleswig War
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