Dickinson College, at its annual commencement ceremonies, grants baccalaureate degrees to twenty-eight members of the class of 1848.  John Andrew Jackson Creswell, who delivers the valedictory, will go on to represent Maryland in the U.S. Congress during the Civil War and later will serve as Postmaster General in President Grant's cabinet. (By James Gerencser)

Danish King Christian VIII denounces Prussian attempts to foster independence movements in the border provinces of Schleswig and Holstein, both of which belong to Denmark but are heavily settled by German-speaking peoples. (By Brian Bockelman)

Dickinson College, at its annual commencement ceremonies, grants baccalaureate degrees to fifteen members of the class of 1847.  James Andrew McCauley, who delivers the salutatory, will be named president of the college in 1872. (By James Gerencser)

Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, nephew of Napoleon I and a pretender to the French throne, escaped from prison and went into exile in London. (By Brian Bockelman)

Dickinson College, at its annual commencement ceremonies, grants baccalaureate degrees to sixteen members of the class of 1846. Among the graduates is Robert Laurenson Dashiell, who, in 1868, will become the first alumnus to serve as president of the college. (By James Gerencser)

Great Britain and the Sikh kingdom sign the Treaty of Lahore, bringing the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-1846) to a conclusion and bolstering the British presence in the Kashmir and Punjab regions of northern India. (By Brian Bockelman)

In northern India, British troops contracted by the East India Company defeat the Sikh army at the Battle of Aliwal, a major turning point in the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-1846). (By Brian Bockelman)