Page 6: Historical Events In 1847
Thursday, 30 January 2025
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 On this day in history 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 in the year 1847.
Nov 25 On this day in history opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna)
Nov 26 On this day in history alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris
Nov 28 In the year 1847 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 in the year 1847.
Nov 29 In the year 1847 indians kill Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla
Nov 30 In the year 1847 august Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer
Dec 01 On this day in history agathe Grondahl, composer
Dec 01 On this day in history influenza in Worldwide
Dec 01 Typhus epidemic of 1847 in Canada killing 20,000+ people on this day in history.
Dec 01 On this day in history yellow fever in United States
Dec 03 Frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star" in the year 1847.
Dec 03 Frederick Douglass publishes first issue of his newspaper " North Star" on this day in history.
Dec 05 Jefferson Davis is elected to the US senate, his first political post in the year 1847.
Dec 07 James Deacon White, Canton NY, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi) in the year 1847.
Dec 11 In the year 1847 moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25
Dec 13 In the year 1847 emily Bronte, under the pseudonym 'Ellis Bell', publishes 'Wuthering Heights'
Dec 16 Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer on this day in history.
Dec 29 William Crotch, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1847.
Dec 30 On this day in history john Peter Altgeld, German/US (Gov-Ill)/pardoned Haymarket-anarchists