Page 3: Historical Events In 1847

Apr 09   Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 10   On this day in history charles Swinnerton Heap, composer   

Apr 10   On this day in history 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   On this day in history naval Forces begin 5 day battle to capture several towns in Mexico   

Apr 14   Persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum in the year 1847.   

Apr 23   On this day in history erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64   

Apr 28   In the year 1847 george B Vashon becomes 1st black to enter NY State Bar   

Apr 30   Charles L J, archduke of Austria/gov-gen (Austria-Netherland), dies in the year 1847.   

May 02   In the year 1847 sabbath famine   

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

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

May 05   American Medical Association organized (Philadelphia) on this day in history.   

May 05   On this day in history the American Medical Association was organized in Philadelphia, PA.   

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   Robert Thompson patents rubber tire on this day in history.   

May 13   On this day in history johannes Haarklou, composer   

May 14   In the year 1847 fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41   

May 16   On this day in history kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59   

May 20   In the year 1847 mary Lamb, writer, dies   

May 25   On this day in history alphonse Goovaerts, composer   

May 30   Alice Sophia Stopford Green, Ireland, proponent of Irish independence on this day in history.   

May 31   On this day in history 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) in the year 1847.   

Jun 09   In the year 1847 pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Orphée), dies   

Jun 10   In the year 1847 chicago Tribune begins publishing   

Jun 11   On this day in history millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader (English women's movement)   

Jun 14   Bunson invents a gas burner. Lab teachers celebrate worldwide in the year 1847.   

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

Jun 22   Doughnut created on this day in history.   

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

Jun 27   NY & Boston linked by telegraph wires on this day in history.   

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Jan 04   On this day in history birth of hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician   

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   Hugh Price Hughes, English social reformer (d. 1902) was born in the year 1847.   

Feb 10   A N Hornby, cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman) was born in the year 1847.   

Feb 11   Thomas Alva Edison, Milan Ohio, lit up your life (held 1200 patents) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Anna Howard Shaw, US, suffragette was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1847.   

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   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   On this day in history erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64