Historical Events In 1847

Apr 09   On this day in history francesco Paolo Tosti, composer   

Apr 10   In the year 1847 charles Swinnerton Heap, composer   

Apr 10   The birth of Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaper owner on this day in history.   

Apr 13   On this day in history cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies)   

Apr 13   On this day in history naval Forces begin 5 day battle to capture several towns in Mexico   

Apr 14   In the year 1847 persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum   

Apr 23   In the year 1847 erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64   

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

Apr 30   In the year 1847 charles L J, archduke of Austria/gov-gen (Austria-Netherland), dies   

May 02   On this day in history sabbath famine   

May 04   On this day in history new York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration   

May 04   NY State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration in the year 1847.   

May 05   In the year 1847 american Medical Association organized (Philadelphia)   

May 05   The American Medical Association was organized in Philadelphia, PA in the year 1847.   

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

May 07   On this day in history archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (Lib), British PM (1894-95)   

May 08   On this day in history robert Thompson patents rubber tire   

May 13   Johannes Haarklou, composer in the year 1847.   

May 14   Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1847.   

May 16   Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59 in the year 1847.   

May 20   In the year 1847 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   On this day in history rotterdam-Hague Railway opens   

Jun 06   Gerben Postma, [Ids], Frisian writer (Swealtsjeblommen) in the year 1847.   

Jun 08   In the year 1847 ida Sazton McKinley, 1st lady (1897-1901)   

Jun 09   Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Orphée), dies in the year 1847.   

Jun 10   In the year 1847 chicago Tribune begins publishing   

Jun 11   Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader (English women's movement) on this day in history.   

Jun 14   In the year 1847 bunson invents a gas burner. Lab teachers celebrate worldwide   

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

Jun 22   On this day in history doughnut created   

Jun 24   On this day in history gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer   

Jun 27   In the year 1847 nY & Boston linked by telegraph wires   

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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   Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer was born in the year 1847.   

Feb 07   In the year 1847 birth of ernst Franck, German composer/conductor   

Feb 08   Hugh Price Hughes, English social reformer (d. 1902) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 10   In the year 1847 birth of a N Hornby, cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman)   

Feb 11   On this day in history birth of thomas Alva Edison, Milan Ohio, lit up your life (held 1200 patents)   

Feb 14   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history death of germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794)   

Feb 17   On this day in history william Collins, landscape painter, dies   

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

Mar 29   In the year 1847 auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66   

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