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   In the year 1847 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   On this day in history persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum   

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   In the year 1847 sabbath famine   

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

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

May 05   American Medical Association organized (Philadelphia) in the year 1847.   

May 05   On this day in history the American Medical Association was organized in Philadelphia, PA.   

May 07   In the year 1847 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 in the year 1847.   

May 13   In the year 1847 johannes Haarklou, composer   

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

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

May 20   On this day in history mary Lamb, writer, dies   

May 25   On this day in history alphonse Goovaerts, composer   

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

May 31   Rotterdam-Hague Railway opens on this day in history.   

Jun 06   Gerben Postma, [Ids], Frisian writer (Swealtsjeblommen) in the year 1847.   

Jun 08   In the year 1847 ida Sazton McKinley, 1st lady (1897-1901)   

Jun 09   Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Orphée), dies on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jun 27   In the year 1847 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   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 in the year 1847.   

Feb 07   In the year 1847 birth of ernst Franck, German composer/conductor   

Feb 08   Hugh Price Hughes, English social reformer (d. 1902) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 10   A N Hornby, cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1847.   

Jan 14   In the year 1847 death of gov Bent, 5 others in US occupation, killed by revolt in New Mexico   

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

Feb 15   Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794) died in the year 1847.   

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

Mar 28   Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1847.   

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