Page 3: Historical Events In 1847

Apr 09   In the year 1847 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   In the year 1847 cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies)   

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

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

Apr 23   In the year 1847 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   Sabbath famine on this day in history.   

May 04   In the year 1847 new York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration   

May 04   In the year 1847 nY State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration   

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   American Medical Association organizes (Phila) in the year 1847.   

May 07   On this day in history archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (Lib), British PM (1894-95)   

May 08   On this day in history robert Thompson patents rubber tire   

May 13   Johannes Haarklou, composer on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history mary Lamb, writer, dies   

May 25   On this day in history alphonse Goovaerts, composer   

May 30   On this day in history alice Sophia Stopford Green, Ireland, proponent of Irish independence   

May 31   Rotterdam-Hague Railway opens in the year 1847.   

Jun 06   In the year 1847 gerben Postma, [Ids], Frisian writer (Swealtsjeblommen)   

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 in the year 1847.   

Jun 11   In the year 1847 millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader (English women's movement)   

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

Jun 14   In the year 1847 robert von Bunsen invents the Bunsen burner   

Jun 22   Doughnut created on this day in history.   

Jun 24   In the year 1847 gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer   

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

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Jan 04   Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 20   W R Pettiford, Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank) was born in the year 1847.   

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

Feb 07   On this day in history birth of ernst Franck, German composer/conductor   

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

Feb 10   On this day in history birth of a N Hornby, cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman)   

Feb 11   Thomas Alva Edison, Milan Ohio, lit up your life (held 1200 patents) was born in the year 1847.   

Feb 14   Anna Howard Shaw, US, suffragette was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1847 caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, dies at 83   

Jan 14   In the year 1847 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   In the year 1847 erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64