Page 6: Historical Events In 1847

Nov 08   On this day in history bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/author (Dracula)   

Nov 08   On this day in history the birth of Bram Stoker, Irish author   

Nov 10   In the year 1847 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   On this day in history sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, is the first to use chloroform as an anaesthetic.   

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

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

Nov 26   In the year 1847 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   On this day in history indians kill Marcus & Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla Ore   

Nov 29   Indians kill Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla in the year 1847.   

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

Dec 01   Agathe Grondahl, composer in the year 1847.   

Dec 01   On this day in history 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" on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1847.   

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

Dec 11   Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1847 birth of hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician   

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   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   In the year 1847 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   On this day in history caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, dies at 83   

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

Jan 22   Georges-Julien Sieber, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1847.   

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   On this day in history mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer, dies at 67   

Mar 29   Auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66 in the year 1847.   

Apr 23   Erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1847.