| Year Summary | Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (Coalition). US President is Millard Fillmore (W-New York) and then on March 4 it is Franklin Pierce (D-New Hampshire). The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) continues. The Halifax Permanent Benefit Building Society opens. Manchester is granted City status. The world's first public aquarium is opened in London Zoo. The Crimean War starts. <em>West Australian</em> becomes the first horse to win the English Triple Crown, winning the Epsom Derby, 2,000 Guineas and St Leger. |
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