Page 6: Historical Events In 1847

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 21   In the year 1847 steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200   

Nov 25   Opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna) in the year 1847.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Nov 30   August Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 01   On this day in history agathe Grondahl, composer   

Dec 01   In the year 1847 influenza in Worldwide   

Dec 01   On this day in history typhus epidemic of 1847 in Canada killing 20,000+ people   

Dec 01   On this day in history yellow fever in United States   

Dec 03   Frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star" on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Dec 07   On this day in history james Deacon White, Canton NY, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi)   

Dec 11   Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25 in the year 1847.   

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   In the year 1847 william Crotch, composer, dies at 72   

Dec 30   John Peter Altgeld, German/US (Gov-Ill)/pardoned Haymarket-anarchists in the year 1847.   

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Jan 04   Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician was born in the year 1847.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 08   In the year 1847 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   On this day in history birth of thomas Alva Edison, Milan Ohio, lit up your life (held 1200 patents)   

Feb 14   On this day in history 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   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   William Collins, landscape painter, dies in the year 1847.   

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   In the year 1847 erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64