Page 4: Historical Events In 1847

Jun 27   On this day in history nY &Boston linked by telegraph wires   

Jun 28   In the year 1847 sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer   

Jun 30   Jacob T Cremer, min of Colonies/pres (Dutch Trading Comp) on this day in history.   

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

Jul 01   Amateur astronomer M Hencke discovers 2nd asteroid Hebe in the year 1847.   

Jul 01   In the year 1847 george F Kersting, German painter, dies at 61   

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

Jul 01   US postage stamps go on sale, 5. Franklin & 10. Washington, NYC on this day in history.   

Jul 02   In the year 1847 envelope bearing 1st US 10 cent stamps, still exists today   

Jul 02   In the year 1847 envelope bearing the first US 10. stamps, still exists today   

Jul 02   On this day in history marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer (tectonic geology)   

Jul 04   In the year 1847 james Anthony Bailey, Detroit, circus impresario (Barnum & Bailey)   

Jul 05   Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, composer in the year 1847.   

Jul 06   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 in the year 1847.   

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   In the year 1847 urbain J.J. Leverrier & John Couch Adams, codiscoverers of Neptune meet for first time at home of John Herschel   

Jul 11   On this day in history joachim G le Sage at Trousers, RC foreman/publicist, dies at 71   

Jul 19   Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1847.   

Jul 20   German astronomer Theodor discovers Comet Brorsen-Metcalf in the year 1847.   

Jul 20   On this day in history max Liebermann, German impressionist painter   

Jul 24   Brigham Young & his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, UT in the year 1847.   

Jul 24   Rotary-type printing press patented by Richard March Hoe, NYC in the year 1847.   

Jul 26   In the year 1847 liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society   

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

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   Guido Papini, violinist/composer on this day in history.   

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   Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, composer in the year 1847.   

Aug 24   On this day in history charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre"   

Aug 26   Liberia becomes an independent republic on this day in history.   

Aug 27   In the year 1847 gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist/bishop of Bridge   

Sep 05   On this day in history jesse James, Missouri, bank/train robber, son of a clergyman   

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Jan 04   On this day in history birth of hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician   

Jan 20   W R Pettiford, Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank) was born in the year 1847.   

Feb 02   Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer was born in the year 1847.   

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   On this day in history birth of a N Hornby, cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman)   

Feb 11   On this day in history birth of thomas Alva Edison, Milan Ohio, lit up your life (held 1200 patents)   

Feb 14   In the year 1847 birth of anna Howard Shaw, US, suffragette   

Jan 11   On this day in history 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   In the year 1847 georges-Julien Sieber, composer, dies at 71   

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

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

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

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.