Page 3: Historical Events In 1847

Apr 09   In the year 1847 francesco Paolo Tosti, composer   

Apr 10   In the year 1847 charles Swinnerton Heap, composer   

Apr 10   The birth of Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaper owner on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1847.   

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 on this day in history.   

May 04   NY State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration on this day in history.   

May 05   On this day in history american Medical Association organized (Philadelphia)   

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

May 07   American Medical Association organizes (Phila) in the year 1847.   

May 07   In the year 1847 archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (Lib), British PM (1894-95)   

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

May 13   In the year 1847 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 in the year 1847.   

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

May 30   In the year 1847 alice Sophia Stopford Green, Ireland, proponent of Irish independence   

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

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) on this day in history.   

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   Doughnut created in the year 1847.   

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

Jun 27   NY & Boston linked by telegraph wires on this day in history.   

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Jan 04   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 10   A N Hornby, cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman) was born in the year 1847.   

Feb 11   In the year 1847 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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Georges-Julien Sieber, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1847.   

Feb 15   In the year 1847 death of germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794)   

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

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 on this day in history.