Page 6: Historical Events In 1847

Nov 08   Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/author (Dracula) on this day in history.   

Nov 08   The birth of Bram Stoker, Irish author on this day in history.   

Nov 10   The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction the Fastnet Rock lighthouse on this day in history.   

Nov 12   In the year 1847 sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, is the first to use chloroform as an anaesthetic.   

Nov 21   Steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200 in the year 1847.   

Nov 25   Opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna) on this day in history.   

Nov 26   Alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

Nov 28   On this day in history bologna: church San Francisco dei Minori Conventuali initiated with premier of Rossini's Tantum ergo   

Nov 29   Indians kill Marcus & Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla Ore on this day in history.   

Nov 29   On this day in history indians kill Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla   

Nov 30   In the year 1847 august Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer   

Dec 01   Agathe Grondahl, composer in the year 1847.   

Dec 01   Influenza in Worldwide on this day in history.   

Dec 01   Typhus epidemic of 1847 in Canada killing 20,000+ people on this day in history.   

Dec 01   Yellow fever in United States on this day in history.   

Dec 03   Frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star" in the year 1847.   

Dec 03   Frederick Douglass publishes first issue of his newspaper " North Star" on this day in history.   

Dec 05   Jefferson Davis is elected to the US senate, his first political post on this day in history.   

Dec 07   In the year 1847 james Deacon White, Canton NY, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi)   

Dec 11   In the year 1847 moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25   

Dec 13   Emily Bronte, under the pseudonym 'Ellis Bell', publishes 'Wuthering Heights' on this day in history.   

Dec 16   Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 29   William Crotch, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Dec 30   John Peter Altgeld, German/US (Gov-Ill)/pardoned Haymarket-anarchists on this day in history.   

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Jan 04   Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 20   In the year 1847 birth of w R Pettiford, Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank)   

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

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 in the year 1847.   

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

Feb 11   Thomas Alva Edison, Milan Ohio, lit up your life (held 1200 patents) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 14   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history death of germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794)   

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   Auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66 in the year 1847.   

Apr 23   On this day in history erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64