St. Mary’s Church was founded in 1848
St. Mary’s Church has withstood Two World Wars, the Great Depression, The Korean Conflict, The Vietnam War, The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, The Space Race, the advent of technology, 9/11 and the collapse of the Twin Towers, the rise of the Internet, just to name a few milestones, not only in American History, but in the history of the city of Yonkers.
1848: What Happened In This Year In History?
Oregon Territory is established.
The Washington Monument is established.
Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston
New Haven Railroad opens
William G Young patents ice cream freezer first invented by Nancy M. Johnson
First pure food law enacted in US
Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the war and ceding to the U.S. virtually all of what becomes the southwestern United States.
The United States annexes New Mexico
The Boston Public Library is founded by an act of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts.
The Chicago Board of Trade is founded by 82 Chicago merchants and business leaders.
Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state (see History of Wisconsin).
Seneca Falls Convention: The first women’s rights convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York.
New York Yacht Club holds its first annual regatta; won by the schooner Carnelia
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is created.
California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States that there is a gold rush in California (although the rush started in January).
The first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merges with Boston University School of Medicine), opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk’s administration)
U.S. presidential election,1848: Whig Zachary Taylor of Louisiana defeats Democrat Lewis Cass of Michigan in the first U.S. presidential election to be held in every state on the same day.