Page 6: Historical Events In 1847

Nov 08   On this day in history bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/author (Dracula)   

Nov 08   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Nov 12   Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, is the first to use chloroform as an anaesthetic on this day in history.   

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

Nov 25   On this day in history opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna)   

Nov 26   Alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 30   On this day in history august Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer   

Dec 01   In the year 1847 agathe Grondahl, composer   

Dec 01   On this day in history influenza in Worldwide   

Dec 01   On this day in history typhus epidemic of 1847 in Canada killing 20,000+ people   

Dec 01   Yellow fever in United States in the year 1847.   

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

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

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) on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1847.   

Dec 29   William Crotch, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Dec 30   In the year 1847 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   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   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   In the year 1847 birth of anna Howard Shaw, US, suffragette   

Jan 11   Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, dies at 83 in the year 1847.   

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

Jan 22   In the year 1847 georges-Julien Sieber, composer, dies at 71   

Feb 15   In the year 1847 death of germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794)   

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

Mar 28   On this day in history mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer, dies at 67   

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.