Page 6: Historical Events In 1847

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

Nov 08   The birth of Bram Stoker, Irish author in the year 1847.   

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 in the year 1847.   

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

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

Nov 25   In the year 1847 opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna)   

Nov 26   Alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris in the year 1847.   

Nov 28   Bologna: church San Francisco dei Minori Conventuali initiated with premier of Rossini's Tantum ergo on this day in history.   

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

Nov 29   On this day in history indians kill Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla   

Nov 30   August Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer in the year 1847.   

Dec 01   In the year 1847 agathe Grondahl, composer   

Dec 01   Influenza in Worldwide in the year 1847.   

Dec 01   Typhus epidemic of 1847 in Canada killing 20,000+ people on this day in history.   

Dec 01   In the year 1847 yellow fever in United States   

Dec 03   Frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star" on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1847 james Deacon White, Canton NY, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi)   

Dec 11   Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25 in the year 1847.   

Dec 13   On this day in history emily Bronte, under the pseudonym 'Ellis Bell', publishes 'Wuthering Heights'   

Dec 16   On this day in history augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer   

Dec 29   In the year 1847 william Crotch, composer, dies at 72   

Dec 30   On this day in history john Peter Altgeld, German/US (Gov-Ill)/pardoned Haymarket-anarchists   

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Jan 04   In the year 1847 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   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   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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1847 caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, dies at 83   

Jan 14   Gov Bent, 5 others in US occupation, killed by revolt in New Mexico died in the year 1847.   

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