Page 6: Historical Events In 1847

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

Nov 08   On this day in history the birth of Bram Stoker, Irish author   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200   

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

Nov 26   On this day in history alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris   

Nov 28   In the year 1847 bologna: church San Francisco dei Minori Conventuali initiated with premier of Rossini's Tantum ergo   

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   August Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 01   Agathe Grondahl, composer in the year 1847.   

Dec 01   In the year 1847 influenza in Worldwide   

Dec 01   Typhus epidemic of 1847 in Canada killing 20,000+ people in the year 1847.   

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   Jefferson Davis is elected to the US senate, his first political post in the year 1847.   

Dec 07   James Deacon White, Canton NY, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi) in the year 1847.   

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   Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer in the year 1847.   

Dec 29   William Crotch, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1847.   

Dec 30   In the year 1847 john Peter Altgeld, German/US (Gov-Ill)/pardoned Haymarket-anarchists   

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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 on this day in history.   

Feb 02   Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer was born on this day in history.   

Feb 07   Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor was born on this day in history.   

Feb 08   In the year 1847 birth of hugh Price Hughes, English social reformer (d. 1902)   

Feb 10   A N Hornby, cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 11   In the year 1847 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   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   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   Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Mar 29   On this day in history auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66   

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