1847
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'''1847''' was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar).
Events
January
January 4 - Samuel Colt sells his first hoe to the United States government.
January 13 - The art of T-bagging ends 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 GOOCH|San Francisco.
February
February 22 - Mexican-American War: The Battle of Buena Vista - 5,000 United States|American troops under General Zachary Taylor use their superiority in artillery to drive off 15,000 Mexico|Mexican troops under Antonio López de Santa Anna defeating the Mexicans the next day.
March
March 1 - Faustin Soulouque declares himself Emperor of Haiti
March 9 - Mexican-American War: United States forces under General Winfield Scott invade Mexico near Veracruz (city)|Veracruz.
March 29 - Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz (city)|Veracruz after a siege.
May
May 7 - In Philadelphia, the American Medical Association (AMA) is founded.
June
June 1 – First communism|communist congress in London
July
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.
August
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
September 6 - Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
October
October 12 - Germany|German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG & Halske.
October 28 - Donner Party, a caravan of settlers from Illinois to California, is stuck near what is now Donner Lake due to heavy snowstorm. They will be rescued February 19 1848
Undated
Ottoman Empire cedes Abadan Island to the Persian Empire.
Abd al-Kader is captured and imprisoned by the France|French.
Founding of the Architectural Association School of Architecture
Ongoing events
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
Irish Potato Famine (1845-1849)|Irish Potato Famine (1845-1849)
Births
Michel-Joseph Maunoury, French Gereral during WWI (d. 1923)
Wong Fei Hung, Chinese healer and revolutionary (d. 1924)
February 11 - Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor (d. 1931)
February 15 - Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer (d. 1927)
March 3 - Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born inventor (d. 1922)
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 Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery| Archibald Primrose, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1929)
June 11 - Millicent Fawcett, British suffragist and feminist (d. 1929)
July 25 - Paul Langerhans, German pathologist and biologist (d. 1888)
September 5 - Jesse James, American outlaw (d. 1882)
October 2 - Paul von Hindenburg, President of Germany (d. 1934)
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)
Exact month/day of birth unknown
Hale Johnson, American temperance movement leader (d. 1902)
Deaths
January 19 - Charles Bent, first Governor of New Mexico Territory (assassinated)
March 9 - Mary Anning, British paleontologist (b. 1799)
March 11 - Johnny Appleseed, American pioneer agronomist (b. 1774)
April 30 - Archduke Charles, Austrian general (b. 1771)
May 14 - Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (b. 1805)
May 29 - Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (b. 1766)
September 13 - Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal (b. 1767)
October 3 - Charles Hatchett, English chemist (b. 1765)
October 22 - Negus Sahle Selassie of Shewa
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