Page 3: Historical Events In 1847

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

Apr 10   In the year 1847 charles Swinnerton Heap, composer   

Apr 10   On this day in history 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 in the year 1847.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

May 02   On this day in history sabbath famine   

May 04   New York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration in the year 1847.   

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

May 05   In the year 1847 american Medical Association organized (Philadelphia)   

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

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

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

May 08   In the year 1847 robert Thompson patents rubber tire   

May 13   Johannes Haarklou, composer in the year 1847.   

May 14   On this day in history fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41   

May 16   On this day in history kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59   

May 20   In the year 1847 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   On this day in history rotterdam-Hague Railway opens   

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

Jun 08   Ida Sazton McKinley, 1st lady (1897-1901) in the year 1847.   

Jun 09   Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Orphée), dies in the year 1847.   

Jun 10   In the year 1847 chicago Tribune begins publishing   

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

Jun 14   Bunson invents a gas burner. Lab teachers celebrate worldwide on this day in history.   

Jun 14   Robert von Bunsen invents the Bunsen burner on this day in history.   

Jun 22   On this day in history doughnut created   

Jun 24   Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer in the year 1847.   

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

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Jan 04   On this day in history birth of hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician   

Jan 20   In the year 1847 birth of w R Pettiford, Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank)   

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

Feb 07   Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor was born in the year 1847.   

Feb 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1847 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   Georges-Julien Sieber, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1847.   

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

Feb 17   William Collins, landscape painter, dies in the year 1847.   

Mar 28   Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

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