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

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   In the year 1847 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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1847 american Medical Association organizes (Phila)  

May 07   Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (Lib), British PM (1894-95) on this day in history.  

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

May 13   On this day in history johannes Haarklou, composer  

May 14   On this day in history 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   In the year 1847 alphonse Goovaerts, composer  

May 30   Alice Sophia Stopford Green, Ireland, proponent of Irish independence in the year 1847.  

May 31   On this day in history 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   Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Orphée), dies in the year 1847.  

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   On this day in history robert von Bunsen invents the Bunsen burner  

Jun 22   In the year 1847 doughnut created  

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

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

Jan 22   In the year 1847 georges-Julien Sieber, composer, dies at 71  

Feb 15   Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794) died on this day in history.  

Feb 17   In the year 1847 william Collins, landscape painter, dies  

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.