1847

Published on Sunday, March 25th 2007. Edited by Cow Elmredlay, Indianapolis, United States.

Centuries: 18th century – 19th century – 20th century

Decades: 1810s  1820s  1830s  – 1840s –  1850s  1860s  1870s

Years: 1844 1845 1846 – 1847 – 1848 1849 1850

Year 1847 (MDCCCXLVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar).

Events of 1847

January – June

• January 4 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
• January 13 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ended the fighting of the Mexican-American War in California.
• January 16 – John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
• January 30 – Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.
• February 5 – A rescue effort, called the First Relief, leaves Johnson’s Ranch to save the ill-fated Donner Party. These California bound emigrants became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846–1847, and some had resorted to cannibalism to survive.
• February 22 – Mexican-American War: The Battle of Buena Vista – 5,000 American troops under General Zachary Taylor use their superiority in artillery to drive off 15,000 Mexican troops under Antonio López de Santa Anna defeating the Mexicans the next day.

• March 1

• The state of Michigan formally abolishes the death penalty.

• Faustin Soulouque declares himself Emperor of Haiti.

• March 9 – Mexican-American War: United States forces under General Winfield Scott invade Mexico near Veracruz.

• March 14 – Verdi’s Macbeth (opera) premieres at Teatro della Pergola in Florence, Italy.
• March 29 – Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
• April 15 – The Lawrence School, Sanawar is established.
• May 7 – In Philadelphia, the American Medical Association (AMA) is founded.
• June 1 – First congress of the Communist League, in London.
• June 27 – The first train journey in Denmark takes place, the train drove from Copenhagen to Roskilde

July – December

• July 1 – The United States issues its first postage stamps.
• July 24 – After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City.
• July 26 – Liberia gains independence.
• July 29 – Cumberland School of Law founded at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States.
• August 12 – US troops of general Winfield Scott begin to advance along the aqueduct around Chalco and Xochimilco lakes in Mexico
• August 20 – US troops defeat Mexican troops in Valencia, Mexico
• September 30 – The Vegetarian Society was formed in the United Kingdom. It remains the oldest in the world.
• October – Charlotte Brontë publishes Jane Eyre under the pen name of Currer Bell
• October 12 – German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG & Halske.
• October 31 – Theta Delta Chi founded at Union College.
• December 21 – Abd al-Kader surrenders and is imprisoned by the French.

Undated

• Ottoman Empire cedes Abadan Island to the Persian Empire.
• Founding of the Architectural Association School of Architecture
• Emily Brontë publishes Wuthering Heights under the pen name of Ellis Bell.
• The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the railroad town of Goldsborough, and the Wayne county seat is moved to the new town.
• Radley College, a famous English public school was founded.

Ongoing events

• Mexican-American War (1846–1848)
• Great Irish Famine (1845–1849). This was the worst year of the famine, and is referred to as Black 47.
• New Zealand land wars (1843-1872)

Births

1847 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar 1847 MDCCCXLVII

Ab urbe condita 2600

Armenian calendar 1296 ԹՎ ՌՄՂԶ

Bahá'í calendar 3 – 4

Berber calendar 2797

Buddhist calendar 2391

Burmese calendar 1209

Chinese calendar 4483/4543-11-15 (丙午年十一月十五日)

— to —

4484/4544-11-24 (丁未年十一月廿四日)

Coptic calendar 1563 – 1564

Ethiopian calendar 1839 – 1840

Hebrew calendar 5607 – 5608

Hindu calendars

 - Vikram Samvat 1902 – 1903

 - Shaka Samvat 1769 – 1770

 - Kali Yuga 4948 – 4949

Holocene calendar 11847

Iranian calendar 1225 – 1226

Islamic calendar 1263 – 1264

Japanese calendar Kōka 4 (弘化4年)

Korean calendar 4180

Thai solar calendar 2390

January – June

• January 28 – Dorus Rijkers, Dutch naval hero (d. 1928)
• February 8 – Hugh Price Hughes, Methodist Social Reformer, First Superintendent of the West London Mission (d. 1902)
• February 11 – Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor (d. 1931)
• February 15 – Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer (d. 1927)
• February 16 – Philipp Scharwenka, Polish-German composer (d. 1917)

• March 3

• Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born inventor (d. 1922)

• Adelaide Neilson, English actress (d. 1880)

• March 4 – Karl Bayer, Austrian chemist (d. 1904)

• March 14 – Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (d. 1871)
• March 27 – Otto Wallach, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
• April 10 – Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-born journalist and newspaper publisher (d. 1911)
• May 7 – Archibald Primrose, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1929)
• June 8 – Ida Saxton McKinley, U.S. First Lady (d. 1907)
• June 11 – Millicent Fawcett, British suffragist and feminist (d. 1929)

July – December

• July 9 – Wong Fei Hung, Chinese healer and revolutionary (d. 1924)
• July 25 – Paul Langerhans, German pathologist and biologist (d. 1888)
• August 14 – Robert Comtesse, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1922)
• September 5 – Jesse James, American outlaw (d. 1882)
• October 1 – Annie Besant, English women’s rights activist, writer and orator.(d. 1933)
• October 2 – Paul von Hindenburg, President of Germany (d. 1934)
• October 14 – Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian composer (d. 1935)
• November 26 – Dagmar of Denmark, empress of Tsar Alexander III of Russia (d. 1928)
• December 7 – George Grossmith, English actor and comic writer (d. 1912)
• December 18 – Augusta Holmès, French composer (d. 1903)
• November 30 – Afonso Pena, Brazilian president (d. 1909)
• December 17 – Michel-Joseph Maunoury, French General during World War I (d. 1923)
• December 28 – Giuseppe Maria Giulietti, Italian explorer (d. 1881)
• date unknown – Hale Johnson, American temperance movement leader (d. 1902)

Deaths

• January – Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, Azerbaijani writer (b. 1794)
• January 19 – Charles Bent, first Governor of New Mexico Territory (assassinated)
• March 9 – Mary Anning, British paleontologist (b. 1799)
• April 30 – Archduke Charles of Austria, Austrian general (b. 1771)
• May 14 – Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (b. 1805)
• May 29 – Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (b. 1766)
• July 3 – Matěj Kopecký, puppeteer (b. 1775)
• September 4 – František Vladislav Hek, Czech patriot (b. 1769)
• September 13 – Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal (b. 1767)
• October 3 – Charles Hatchett, English chemist (b. 1765)
• October 22 – Negus Sahle Selassie of Shewa
• November 4 – Felix Mendelssohn, German composer (b. 1809)
• December 14 – Manuel José Arce, Central American politician (b. 1787)

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