Page 2: Historical Events In 1847

Feb 23   Battle of Buena Vista Mexico; Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans in the year 1847.   

Feb 23   General Zachary Taylor leads US troops to defeat Mexican General Santa Anna and his army at the Battle of Buena Vista in Mexico on this day in history.   

Feb 25   John Watson, Canada, philosopher (Objective Idealism) in the year 1847.   

Feb 25   State University of Iowa is approved in the year 1847.   

Feb 27   Ellen Alice Terry, Coventry Engl, actress/director (Imperial Theatre) in the year 1847.   

Feb 28   On this day in history uS defeats México in battle of Sacramento   

Feb 28   US defeats Mexico in battle of Sacramento on this day in history.   

Mar 01   In the year 1847 michigan becomes 1st English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state)   

Mar 01   In the year 1847 michigan becomes first English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state)   

Mar 03   Alexander Graham Bell speech therapist, audiologist, inventor, was born on this day in Edinburgh Scotland in the year 1847.   

Mar 03   Alexander Graham Bell, Scotland, inventor (telephone) on this day in history.   

Mar 03   Post Office Department authorized to issue postage stamps in the year 1847.   

Mar 03   The birth of Alexander Graham Bell, American inventor of the telephone on this day in history.   

Mar 07   US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz Mexico in the year 1847.   

Mar 08   In the year 1847 karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente)   

Mar 09   Commodore David Connor leads successful amphibious assault near Vera Cruz, Mexico on this day in history.   

Mar 10   1st money minted in Hawaii in the year 1847.   

Mar 10   On this day in history the first money minted in Hawaii   

Mar 14   On this day in history antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (Espumas Flutuantes)   

Mar 17   "Macbeth" opera premieres in Florence on this day in history.   

Mar 17   Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Macbeth" is produced (Florence) in the year 1847.   

Mar 18   1st Dutch public telegram in the year 1847.   

Mar 18   First Dutch public telegram on this day in history.   

Mar 19   On this day in history constantin Dimitrescu, composer   

Mar 23   On this day in history alexandru D Xenopol, Romania, historian   

Mar 25   Pope Pius IX encyclical "On aid for Ireland" in the year 1847.   

Mar 27   Otto Wallach, Germany, chemist (Nobel 1910) in the year 1847.   

Mar 28   In the year 1847 mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer, dies at 67   

Mar 29   12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico in the year 1847.   

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

Mar 31   Jarolslaw Zielinski, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 01   Gavriil Musicescu, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 05   In the year 1847 opera "Die Fledermaus" is produced (Vienna)   

Apr 07   On this day in history j P Jacobsen, writer   

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Jan 04   In the year 1847 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   On this day in history birth of thomas Alva Edison, Milan Ohio, lit up your life (held 1200 patents)   

Feb 14   Anna Howard Shaw, US, suffragette was born in the year 1847.   

Jan 11   On this day in history caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, dies at 83   

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   In the year 1847 death of germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794)   

Feb 17   William Collins, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

Mar 28   On this day in history mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer, dies at 67   

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

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