Historical Events In 1847

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

Apr 10   Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 10   In the year 1847 the birth of Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaper owner   

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

Apr 13   Naval Forces begin 5 day battle to capture several towns in Mexico on this day in history.   

Apr 14   On this day in history persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum   

Apr 23   On this day in history 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   In the year 1847 new York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration   

May 04   NY State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration on this day in history.   

May 05   On this day in history american Medical Association organized (Philadelphia)   

May 05   The American Medical Association was organized in Philadelphia, PA on this day in history.   

May 07   In the year 1847 american Medical Association organizes (Phila)   

May 07   In the year 1847 archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (Lib), British PM (1894-95)   

May 08   In the year 1847 robert Thompson patents rubber tire   

May 13   Johannes Haarklou, composer in the year 1847.   

May 14   On this day in history fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41   

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

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

Jun 06   Gerben Postma, [Ids], Frisian writer (Swealtsjeblommen) on this day in history.   

Jun 08   Ida Sazton McKinley, 1st lady (1897-1901) on this day in history.   

Jun 09   Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Orphée), dies on this day in history.   

Jun 10   Chicago Tribune begins publishing in the year 1847.   

Jun 11   In the year 1847 millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader (English women's movement)   

Jun 14   On this day in history bunson invents a gas burner. Lab teachers celebrate worldwide   

Jun 14   Robert von Bunsen invents the Bunsen burner in the year 1847.   

Jun 22   Doughnut created in the year 1847.   

Jun 24   Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer on this day in history.   

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

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Jan 04   In the year 1847 birth of hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician   

Jan 20   In the year 1847 birth of w R Pettiford, Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank)   

Feb 02   Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer was born in the year 1847.   

Feb 07   Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor was born in the year 1847.   

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   Thomas Alva Edison, Milan Ohio, lit up your life (held 1200 patents) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1847 death of gov Bent, 5 others in US occupation, killed by revolt in New Mexico   

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

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

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

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

Mar 29   Auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66 in the year 1847.   

Apr 23   Erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1847.