Page 3: Historical Events In 1847

Apr 09   Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 10   Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer in the year 1847.   

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   On this day in history persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum   

Apr 23   Erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1847.   

Apr 28   On this day in history george B Vashon becomes 1st black to enter NY State Bar   

Apr 30   On this day in history charles L J, archduke of Austria/gov-gen (Austria-Netherland), dies   

May 02   On this day in history sabbath famine   

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

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

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

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   Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (Lib), British PM (1894-95) in the year 1847.   

May 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1847 kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59   

May 20   Mary Lamb, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1847 rotterdam-Hague Railway opens   

Jun 06   On this day in history gerben Postma, [Ids], Frisian writer (Swealtsjeblommen)   

Jun 08   On this day in history ida Sazton McKinley, 1st lady (1897-1901)   

Jun 09   On this day in history pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Orphée), dies   

Jun 10   On this day in history chicago Tribune begins publishing   

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

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

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

Jun 22   Doughnut created in the year 1847.   

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   In the year 1847 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 08   Hugh Price Hughes, English social reformer (d. 1902) was born in the year 1847.   

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

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 in the year 1847.   

Jan 11   On this day in history 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   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   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   In the year 1847 erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64