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1847 Historical Event(s)
January 16, 1847
– John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
March 29, 1847
– Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
July 24, 1847
– After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City. Celebrations of this event include the Pioneer Day Utah state holiday and the Days of '47 Parade.
July 26, 1847
– Liberia declares independence.
September 6, 1847
– Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
September 13, 1847
– Mexican-American War: Six teenage military cadets known as Niños Héroes die defending Chapultepec Castle in the Battle of Chapultepec. American troops under General Winfield Scott capture Mexico City in the Mexican-American War.
October 1, 1847
– German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG & Halske.
November 10, 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 of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.
November 19, 1847
– The second Canadian railway line, the Montreal and Lachine Railway, is opened.
December 5, 1847
– Jefferson Davis is elected to the US senate, his first political post.
Who Were Born On 1847?
February 14, 1847
– Queen Maria Pia of Savoy of Portugal (d. 1911)
March 10, 1847
– Kate Sheppard, New Zealand suffragist (d. 1934)
March 31, 1847
– Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (d. 1878)
May 8, 1847
– Oscar Hammerstein I, American theater producer and impresario (d. 1919)
June 8, 1847
– Ida McKinley, First Lady of the United States (d. 1907)
June 11, 1847
– Millicent Fawcett, British suffragist and feminist (d. 1929)
July 31, 1847
– Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1905)
September 2, 1847
– Roger Wolcott, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1900)
October 21, 1847
– Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian writer (d. 1906)
November 30, 1847
– Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena, 6th President of Brazil (d. 1909)