Historical Events In 1847

Apr 09   In the year 1847 francesco Paolo Tosti, composer   

Apr 10   Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer in the year 1847.   

Apr 10   On this day in history the birth of Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaper owner   

Apr 13   Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies) in the year 1847.   

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

Apr 14   Persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum on this day in history.   

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

Apr 28   On this day in history george B Vashon becomes 1st black to enter NY State Bar   

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

May 02   In the year 1847 sabbath famine   

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

May 04   NY State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration on this day in history.   

May 05   American Medical Association organized (Philadelphia) in the year 1847.   

May 05   On this day in history the American Medical Association was organized in Philadelphia, PA.   

May 07   American Medical Association organizes (Phila) in the year 1847.   

May 07   Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (Lib), British PM (1894-95) on this day in history.   

May 08   Robert Thompson patents rubber tire on this day in history.   

May 13   Johannes Haarklou, composer on this day in history.   

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

May 16   Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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

May 25   Alphonse Goovaerts, composer in the year 1847.   

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   Ida Sazton McKinley, 1st lady (1897-1901) on this day in history.   

Jun 09   Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Orphée), dies on this day in history.   

Jun 10   Chicago Tribune begins publishing in the year 1847.   

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

Jun 14   Bunson invents a gas burner. Lab teachers celebrate worldwide in the year 1847.   

Jun 14   In the year 1847 robert von Bunsen invents the Bunsen burner   

Jun 22   On this day in history doughnut created   

Jun 24   Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer in the year 1847.   

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

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Jan 04   In the year 1847 birth of hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician   

Jan 20   In the year 1847 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   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   On this day in history 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   

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

Jan 14   In the year 1847 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   In the year 1847 death of germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794)   

Feb 17   William Collins, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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