52 Tales of 2018 - Reverse Map Game 2017 - 1848

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Americas
United States
Midgard County native language statistics.
Minnesota Norse 93.5%
English 4.2%
Other 2.7%
(Doesn't indicate numbers of those who are bilingual)

The proportion of Minnesota Norse speakers in eastern Minnesota overall, the number drops below 55.25%.
In Minnesota overall, the number drops below 29.75%.
Within the US overall (excluding Minnesota) it drops below 7.8%.

In the Elections, the Democratic-Republicans run a candidate for President for the first time...


Europe
The Dutch Monarchists continue to gain territory in the Netherlands...

The 'Velocipede' is invented in Paris, and quickly becomes popular...


Oceania
Antipodia
The borders of the Central Native Kingdom are adjusted. There is little protest in Malcolmston at this decision.

New Warwickshire
In Tenterfield, those advocating the region's annexation by New South Wales acheive a victory. (Tenterfield being mostly inhabited by recent immigrants from New South Wales who felt that New South Wales laws were better...)[1]
The Government in Warwick announces that there would be referendum early the next year.

New South Wales
In Sydney a Bill authorising the annexation of Tenterfield is passed towards the next year.

Armidale's population reaches 1000. They begin petitioning their local member for the establishment of a Municipality.

Dubbo's population reaches 1300[2]


[1] A Sydney elite slowly uniting the former English colonies... Maybe.

[2] And now we've gone earlier than the OTL founding... (in November 1849)