Page 4: Historical Events In 1847

Jun 27   NY &Boston linked by telegraph wires in the year 1847.   

Jun 28   On this day in history sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer   

Jun 30   On this day in history jacob T Cremer, min of Colonies/pres (Dutch Trading Comp)   

Jul 01   1st US postage stamps go on sale, 5 cent Franklin & 10 cent Washington, NYC in the year 1847.   

Jul 01   Amateur astronomer M Hencke discovers 2nd asteroid Hebe on this day in history.   

Jul 01   George F Kersting, German painter, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Jul 01   In the year 1847 k L Hencke discovers asteroid #6 Hebe   

Jul 01   In the year 1847 uS postage stamps go on sale, 5. Franklin & 10. Washington, NYC   

Jul 02   On this day in history envelope bearing 1st US 10 cent stamps, still exists today   

Jul 02   Envelope bearing the first US 10. stamps, still exists today on this day in history.   

Jul 02   In the year 1847 marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer (tectonic geology)   

Jul 04   James Anthony Bailey, Detroit, circus impresario (Barnum & Bailey) in the year 1847.   

Jul 05   On this day in history agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, composer   

Jul 06   On this day in history sS Sea King, this paddle steamer which was plying the ferry trade between Belfast and Liverpool when it ran aground on the eastern end of Mew Island, Belfast Lough. It proven impossible to refloat her and she rolled over filled with water and sank, but there was no loss of life.   

Jul 10   In the year 1847 urbain J J Leverrier & John Couch Adams, codiscoverers of Neptune meet for 1st time at home of John Herschel   

Jul 10   Urbain J.J. Leverrier & John Couch Adams, codiscoverers of Neptune meet for first time at home of John Herschel in the year 1847.   

Jul 11   Joachim G le Sage at Trousers, RC foreman/publicist, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Jul 19   Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Jul 20   In the year 1847 german astronomer Theodor discovers Comet Brorsen-Metcalf   

Jul 20   Max Liebermann, German impressionist painter on this day in history.   

Jul 24   On this day in history brigham Young & his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, UT   

Jul 24   Rotary-type printing press patented by Richard March Hoe, NYC on this day in history.   

Jul 26   Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society in the year 1847.   

Jul 26   Liberia, setled in Africa by freed U.S. slaves, becomes the first African colony to become an independent state in the year 1847.   

Jul 29   Cumberland School of Law founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA. At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States in the year 1847.   

Jul 31   In the year 1847 ignatio Cervantes, composer   

Aug 01   In the year 1847 guido Papini, violinist/composer   

Aug 03   Jan de Louter, lawyer/tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina in the year 1847.   

Aug 21   On this day in history arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader   

Aug 22   On this day in history alexander Campbell Mackenzie, composer   

Aug 24   In the year 1847 charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre"   

Aug 26   On this day in history liberia becomes an independent republic.   

Aug 27   Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist/bishop of Bridge in the year 1847.   

Sep 05   In the year 1847 jesse James, Missouri, bank/train robber, son of a clergyman   

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Jan 04   In the year 1847 birth of hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician   

Jan 20   W R Pettiford, Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 02   In the year 1847 birth of jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer   

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   In the year 1847 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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