Page 3: Historical Events In 1847

Apr 09   Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer in the year 1847.   

Apr 10   Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 10   The birth of Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaper owner on this day in history.   

Apr 13   In the year 1847 cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies)   

Apr 13   Naval Forces begin 5 day battle to capture several towns in Mexico on this day in history.   

Apr 14   In the year 1847 persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum   

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

Apr 28   George B Vashon becomes 1st black to enter NY State Bar in the year 1847.   

Apr 30   On this day in history charles L J, archduke of Austria/gov-gen (Austria-Netherland), dies   

May 02   Sabbath famine in the year 1847.   

May 04   On this day in history new York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration   

May 04   In the year 1847 nY State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration   

May 05   In the year 1847 american Medical Association organized (Philadelphia)   

May 05   The American Medical Association was organized in Philadelphia, PA in the year 1847.   

May 07   In the year 1847 american Medical Association organizes (Phila)   

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

May 08   On this day in history robert Thompson patents rubber tire   

May 13   In the year 1847 johannes Haarklou, composer   

May 14   Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

May 16   On this day in history kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59   

May 20   On this day in history mary Lamb, writer, dies   

May 25   On this day in history alphonse Goovaerts, composer   

May 30   On this day in history alice Sophia Stopford Green, Ireland, proponent of Irish independence   

May 31   Rotterdam-Hague Railway opens on this day in history.   

Jun 06   On this day in history gerben Postma, [Ids], Frisian writer (Swealtsjeblommen)   

Jun 08   In the year 1847 ida Sazton McKinley, 1st lady (1897-1901)   

Jun 09   On this day in history pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Orphée), dies   

Jun 10   On this day in history chicago Tribune begins publishing   

Jun 11   In the year 1847 millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader (English women's movement)   

Jun 14   In the year 1847 bunson invents a gas burner. Lab teachers celebrate worldwide   

Jun 14   Robert von Bunsen invents the Bunsen burner on this day in history.   

Jun 22   In the year 1847 doughnut created   

Jun 24   Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 27   NY & Boston linked by telegraph wires on this day in history.   

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Jan 04   Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician was born in the year 1847.   

Jan 20   On this day in history birth of w R Pettiford, Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank)   

Feb 02   In the year 1847 birth of jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer   

Feb 07   Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor was born on this day in history.   

Feb 08   Hugh Price Hughes, English social reformer (d. 1902) was born on this day in history.   

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

Feb 11   On this day in history birth of thomas Alva Edison, Milan Ohio, lit up your life (held 1200 patents)   

Feb 14   Anna Howard Shaw, US, suffragette was born in the year 1847.   

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

Jan 14   On this day in history death of gov Bent, 5 others in US occupation, killed by revolt in New Mexico   

Jan 22   Georges-Julien Sieber, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794) died on this day in history.   

Feb 17   William Collins, landscape painter, dies in the year 1847.   

Mar 28   Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Mar 29   Auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66 in the year 1847.   

Apr 23   On this day in history erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64