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   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 in the year 1847.   

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

Nov 25   In the year 1847 opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna)   

Nov 26   On this day in history alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris   

Nov 28   In the year 1847 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 in the year 1847.   

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   Agathe Grondahl, composer in the year 1847.   

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   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   In the year 1847 frederick Douglass publishes first issue of his newspaper " North Star"   

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

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   On this day in history emily Bronte, under the pseudonym 'Ellis Bell', publishes 'Wuthering Heights'   

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 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   Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor was born on this day in history.   

Feb 08   On this day in history 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   Thomas Alva Edison, Milan Ohio, lit up your life (held 1200 patents) was born on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history georges-Julien Sieber, composer, dies at 71   

Feb 15   Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794) died on this day in history.   

Feb 17   William Collins, landscape painter, dies in the year 1847.   

Mar 28   In the year 1847 mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer, dies at 67   

Mar 29   On this day in history auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66   

Apr 23   In the year 1847 erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64