Page 6: Historical Events In 1847

Nov 08   Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/author (Dracula) on this day in history.   

Nov 08   On this day in history the birth of Bram Stoker, Irish author   

Nov 10   On this day in history 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.   

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

Nov 21   Steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200 on this day in history.   

Nov 25   Opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna) in the year 1847.   

Nov 26   In the year 1847 alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris   

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

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

Nov 29   In the year 1847 indians kill Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla   

Nov 30   August Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 01   Agathe Grondahl, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 01   Influenza in Worldwide on this day in history.   

Dec 01   Typhus epidemic of 1847 in Canada killing 20,000+ people on this day in history.   

Dec 01   Yellow fever in United States on this day in history.   

Dec 03   In the year 1847 frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star"   

Dec 03   On this day in history frederick Douglass publishes first issue of his newspaper " North Star"   

Dec 05   In the year 1847 jefferson Davis is elected to the US senate, his first political post.   

Dec 07   In the year 1847 james Deacon White, Canton NY, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi)   

Dec 11   Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25 in the year 1847.   

Dec 13   Emily Bronte, under the pseudonym 'Ellis Bell', publishes 'Wuthering Heights' in the year 1847.   

Dec 16   In the year 1847 augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer   

Dec 29   In the year 1847 william Crotch, composer, dies at 72   

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

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Jan 04   Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 20   W R Pettiford, Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank) was born on this day in history.   

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

Feb 07   On this day in history birth of ernst Franck, German composer/conductor   

Feb 08   In the year 1847 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   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   Gov Bent, 5 others in US occupation, killed by revolt in New Mexico died in the year 1847.   

Jan 22   Georges-Julien Sieber, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1847.   

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

Feb 17   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.