Page 6: Historical Events In 1847

Nov 08   In the year 1847 bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/author (Dracula)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 25   On this day in history opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna)   

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

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

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

Nov 29   In the year 1847 indians kill Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla   

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

Dec 01   Agathe Grondahl, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 01   Influenza in Worldwide in the year 1847.   

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

Dec 01   Yellow fever in United States in the year 1847.   

Dec 03   On this day in history frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star"   

Dec 03   On this day in history frederick Douglass publishes first issue of his newspaper " North Star"   

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

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   In the year 1847 emily Bronte, under the pseudonym 'Ellis Bell', publishes 'Wuthering Heights'   

Dec 16   On this day in history augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer   

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

Dec 30   In the year 1847 john Peter Altgeld, German/US (Gov-Ill)/pardoned Haymarket-anarchists   

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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   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   Hugh Price Hughes, English social reformer (d. 1902) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 10   In the year 1847 birth of a N Hornby, cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman)   

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

Feb 17   William Collins, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

Mar 29   In the year 1847 auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66   

Apr 23   Erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.