Historical Events In 1847

Nov 08   Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/author (Dracula) in the year 1847.   

Nov 08   In the year 1847 the birth of Bram Stoker, Irish author   

Nov 10   The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction the Fastnet Rock lighthouse in the year 1847.   

Nov 12   In the year 1847 sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, is the first to use chloroform as an anaesthetic.   

Nov 21   In the year 1847 steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200   

Nov 25   In the year 1847 opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna)   

Nov 26   On this day in history alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris   

Nov 28   On this day in history bologna: church San Francisco dei Minori Conventuali initiated with premier of Rossini's Tantum ergo   

Nov 29   Indians kill Marcus & Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla Ore on this day in history.   

Nov 29   On this day in history indians kill Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla   

Nov 30   August Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer in the year 1847.   

Dec 01   Agathe Grondahl, composer in the year 1847.   

Dec 01   Influenza in Worldwide on this day in history.   

Dec 01   In the year 1847 typhus epidemic of 1847 in Canada killing 20,000+ people   

Dec 01   In the year 1847 yellow fever in United States   

Dec 03   Frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star" in the year 1847.   

Dec 03   In the year 1847 frederick Douglass publishes first issue of his newspaper " North Star"   

Dec 05   On this day in history jefferson Davis is elected to the US senate, his first political post.   

Dec 07   On this day in history james Deacon White, Canton NY, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi)   

Dec 11   Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25 on this day in history.   

Dec 13   In the year 1847 emily Bronte, under the pseudonym 'Ellis Bell', publishes 'Wuthering Heights'   

Dec 16   Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer in the year 1847.   

Dec 29   On this day in history william Crotch, composer, dies at 72   

Dec 30   John Peter Altgeld, German/US (Gov-Ill)/pardoned Haymarket-anarchists on this day in history.   

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

Feb 07   Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor was born in the year 1847.   

Feb 08   In the year 1847 birth of hugh Price Hughes, English social reformer (d. 1902)   

Feb 10   On this day in history birth of a N Hornby, cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman)   

Feb 11   Thomas Alva Edison, Milan Ohio, lit up your life (held 1200 patents) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 11   Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Gov Bent, 5 others in US occupation, killed by revolt in New Mexico died on this day in history.   

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

Feb 15   On this day in history death of germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794)   

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

Mar 28   In the year 1847 mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer, dies at 67   

Mar 29   On this day in history auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66   

Apr 23   Erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1847.