Page 3: Historical Events In 1847

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

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

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

Apr 13   Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies) in the year 1847.   

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

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

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

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   On this day in history sabbath famine   

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

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

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

May 05   The American Medical Association was organized in Philadelphia, PA in the year 1847.   

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

May 07   Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (Lib), British PM (1894-95) in the year 1847.   

May 08   In the year 1847 robert Thompson patents rubber tire   

May 13   Johannes Haarklou, composer in the year 1847.   

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

May 16   In the year 1847 kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59   

May 20   Mary Lamb, writer, dies on this day in history.   

May 25   On this day in history alphonse Goovaerts, composer   

May 30   In the year 1847 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   On this day in history ida Sazton McKinley, 1st lady (1897-1901)   

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

Jun 10   Chicago Tribune begins publishing on this day in history.   

Jun 11   Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader (English women's movement) on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1847 doughnut created   

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

Jun 27   NY & Boston linked by telegraph wires in the year 1847.   

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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 in the year 1847.   

Feb 02   On this day in history birth of jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer   

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   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 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   On this day in history 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   Auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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