Historical Events In 1847

Apr 09   Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer in the year 1847.  

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   On this day in history cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies)  

Apr 13   Naval Forces begin 5 day battle to capture several towns in Mexico in the year 1847.  

Apr 14   In the year 1847 persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum  

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

Apr 28   George B Vashon becomes 1st black to enter NY State Bar on this day in history.  

Apr 30   On this day in history charles L J, archduke of Austria/gov-gen (Austria-Netherland), dies  

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   NY State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration in the year 1847.  

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

May 05   The American Medical Association was organized in Philadelphia, PA on this day in history.  

May 07   On this day in history american Medical Association organizes (Phila)  

May 07   In the year 1847 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   Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1847.  

May 16   Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

May 25   Alphonse Goovaerts, composer on this day in history.  

May 30   On this day in history 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   In the year 1847 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 in the year 1847.  

Jun 11   Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader (English women's movement) in the year 1847.  

Jun 14   On this day in history bunson invents a gas burner. Lab teachers celebrate worldwide  

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

Jun 22   In the year 1847 doughnut created  

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

Jun 27   On this day in history nY & Boston linked by telegraph wires  

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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 in the year 1847.  

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 in the year 1847.  

Jan 11   Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   Gov Bent, 5 others in US occupation, killed by revolt in New Mexico died on this day in history.  

Jan 22   On this day in history georges-Julien Sieber, composer, dies at 71  

Feb 15   On this day in history death of germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794)  

Feb 17   On this day in history william Collins, landscape painter, dies  

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

Mar 29   In the year 1847 auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66  

Apr 23   In the year 1847 erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64