{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1847

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician  

Jan 20 W R Pettiford, Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank) was born in the year 1847.  

Feb 02 Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 07 In the year 1847 birth of ernst Franck, German composer/conductor  

Feb 08 On this day in history birth of hugh Price Hughes, English social reformer (d. 1902)  

Feb 10 A N Hornby, cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 11 In the year 1847 birth of thomas Alva Edison, Milan Ohio, lit up your life (held 1200 patents)  

Feb 14 In the year 1847 birth of anna Howard Shaw, US, suffragette  

Feb 14 In the year 1847 birth of maria Pia of Italy, queen of Portugal (d. 1911)  

Feb 15 In the year 1847 birth of robert Fuchs, composer  

Feb 16 Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise) was born in the year 1847.  

Feb 25 On this day in history birth of john Watson, Canada, philosopher (Objective Idealism)  

Feb 27 Ellen Alice Terry, Coventry Engl, actress/director (Imperial Theatre) was born in the year 1847.  

Mar 03 On this day in history birth of alexander Graham Bell, Scotland, inventor (telephone)  

Mar 04 Karl Bayer, Austrian chemist (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 08 In the year 1847 birth of karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente)  

Mar 10 Kate Sheppard, New Zealand suffragist (d. 1934) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 14 Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (Espumas Flutuantes) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 19 Constantin Dimitrescu, composer was born in the year 1847.  

Mar 23 In the year 1847 birth of alexandru D Xenopol, Romania, historian  

Mar 27 Otto Wallach, Germany, chemist (Nobel 1910) was born in the year 1847.  

Mar 31 On this day in history birth of jarolslaw Zielinski, composer  

Mar 31 Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (d. 1878) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 01 Gavriil Musicescu, composer was born on this day in history.  

Apr 01 On this day in history birth of jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer (South America)  

Apr 07 On this day in history birth of j P Jacobsen, writer  

Apr 09 On this day in history birth of francesco Paolo Tosti, composer  

Apr 09 In the year 1847 birth of francis William Davenport, composer  

Apr 10 In the year 1847 birth of charles Swinnerton Heap, composer  

Apr 10 Joseph Pulitzer, Hungary, publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, NY World) was born in the year 1847.  

Apr 13 Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 16 On this day in history birth of hans Auer, Swiss architect, (d. 1906)  

May 07 On this day in history birth of archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (Lib), British PM (1894-95)  

May 10 In the year 1847 birth of wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (d. 1923)  

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Jan 11 On this day in history caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, dies at 83  

Jan 14 Gov Bent, 5 others in US occupation, killed by revolt in New Mexico died in the year 1847.  

Jan 22 On this day in history georges-Julien Sieber, composer, dies at 71  

Feb 15 Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794) died in the year 1847.  

Feb 17 In the year 1847 william Collins, landscape painter, dies  

Mar 28 Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1847.  

Mar 29 In the year 1847 auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66  

Apr 23 Erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.