Historical Events In 1847

Nov 08   Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/author (Dracula) on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1847.   

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

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

Nov 26   Alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

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

Nov 30   On this day in history august Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer   

Dec 01   In the year 1847 agathe Grondahl, composer   

Dec 01   On this day in history influenza in Worldwide   

Dec 01   Typhus epidemic of 1847 in Canada killing 20,000+ people on this day in history.   

Dec 01   In the year 1847 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 on this day in history.   

Dec 13   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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Jan 04   On this day in history birth of hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician   

Jan 20   On this day in history birth of w R Pettiford, Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank)   

Feb 02   On this day in history birth of jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer   

Feb 07   In the year 1847 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   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 in the year 1847.   

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   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   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 on this day in history.