Page 6: Historical Events In 1847

Nov 08   Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/author (Dracula) in the year 1847.   

Nov 08   In the year 1847 the birth of Bram Stoker, Irish author   

Nov 10   On this day in history 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.   

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

Nov 21   On this day in history steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200   

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

Nov 26   Alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris in the year 1847.   

Nov 28   Bologna: church San Francisco dei Minori Conventuali initiated with premier of Rossini's Tantum ergo in the year 1847.   

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

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

Nov 30   August Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer in the year 1847.   

Dec 01   In the year 1847 agathe Grondahl, composer   

Dec 01   Influenza in Worldwide on this day in history.   

Dec 01   In the year 1847 typhus epidemic of 1847 in Canada killing 20,000+ people   

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   On this day in history frederick Douglass publishes first issue of his newspaper " North Star"   

Dec 05   Jefferson Davis is elected to the US senate, his first political post in the year 1847.   

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

Dec 11   On this day in history moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25   

Dec 13   Emily Bronte, under the pseudonym 'Ellis Bell', publishes 'Wuthering Heights' in the year 1847.   

Dec 16   In the year 1847 augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer   

Dec 29   William Crotch, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1847.   

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

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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   On this day in history birth of jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer   

Feb 07   On this day in history birth of ernst Franck, German composer/conductor   

Feb 08   In the year 1847 birth of hugh Price Hughes, English social reformer (d. 1902)   

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

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

Feb 14   Anna Howard Shaw, US, suffragette was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, dies at 83 in the year 1847.   

Jan 14   Gov Bent, 5 others in US occupation, killed by revolt in New Mexico died in the year 1847.   

Jan 22   In the year 1847 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   In the year 1847 mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer, dies at 67   

Mar 29   Auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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