1847
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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 U.S government.
- January 13 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the fighting in the Mexican-American War in California.
- January 16 – John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
- January 17 – Saint Anthony Hall is founded at Columbia University, New York City, New York.
- 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
- 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 – The first congress of the Communist League is held in London.
- June 1 – Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America is founded at New York University.
- June 27 – The first train journey in Denmark takes place from Copenhagen to Roskilde.
July–December
Undated
- The Ottoman Empire cedes Abadan Island to the Persian Empire.
- The Architectural Association School of Architecture is founded.
- Emily Brontë and Anne Brontë publish Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey, respectively, in one volume under the pen names of Ellis Bell and Acton 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, is founded.
Ongoing events
Births
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)
- March 4 – Karl Bayer, Austrian chemist (d. 1904)
- March 8 – John Lister, English politician (d. 1933)
- 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 2 – Georges Sorel, French socialist (d. 1922)
- 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 17 – Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (d. 1916)
- December 28 – Giuseppe Maria Giulietti, Italian explorer (d. 1881)
- date unknown – Hale Johnson, American temperance movement leader (d. 1902)
- date unknown – Bandō Kakitsu I, Japanese kabuki actor (d. 1893)
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 21 – Barbara Ann Spooner Wilberforce, Wife of British Abolitionist William Wilberfoce (b. 1777)
- 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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