Editing 1848

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== Events ==

* February 2 - The [[Mexican-American War]] ends with a United States victory. Mexico secedes most of its territories of Alta California, per the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
*December 10 - [[Charles-Louis Napoleon Bonaparte]] is elected the first President of France, months after the French Revolution of 1848 which overthrew King Louis Philippe I.
* December 20 -  President Bonaparte takes his oath of office in front of the French National Assembly as the first and only president of the Second French Republic.

== Births ==

=== Villain births ===

* July 3 - [[Lothar von Trotha]]

== Deaths ==

=== Villain deaths ===