Historical Events In 1847

Nov 08   In the year 1847 bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/author (Dracula)   

Nov 08   The birth of Bram Stoker, Irish author on this day in history.   

Nov 10   In the year 1847 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   Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, is the first to use chloroform as an anaesthetic in the year 1847.   

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

Nov 25   Opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna) on this day in history.   

Nov 26   On this day in history 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 in the year 1847.   

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   On this day in history agathe Grondahl, composer   

Dec 01   On this day in history influenza in Worldwide   

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

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

Dec 03   On this day in history frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star"   

Dec 03   Frederick Douglass publishes first issue of his newspaper " North Star" on this day in history.   

Dec 05   In the year 1847 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   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   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   

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Jan 04   Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician was born in the year 1847.   

Jan 20   On this day in history birth of w R Pettiford, Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank)   

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   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 in the year 1847.   

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 in the year 1847.   

Jan 14   On this day in history 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   Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794) died on this day in history.   

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   Auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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