November 1848

Wednesday 01:

In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which will later merge with Boston University School of Medicine), opens.

Friday 03:

A greatly revised constitution, drafted by Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, severely limiting the powers of the Dutch monarchy, and strengthening the powers of the parliament and the ministers, is proclaimed. This constitution is still in effect today.

Tuesday 07:

U.S. presidential election, 1848: Zachary Taylor is elected president in the first US presidential election held in every state on the same day.

Thursday 09:

Robert Blum, German revolutionary, executed in Vienna