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Year 1847 (MDCCCXLVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. Events JanuaryMarch 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 18461847 and some had resorted to cannibalism to survive. February 22 Mexican-American War The Battle of Buena Vista: 5000 American troops under General Zachary Taylor use their superiority in artillery to drive off 15000 Mexican troops under Antonio Lpez 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. AprilJune 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. JulySeptember 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 The Cumberland School of Law is founded at Cumberland University in Lebanon Tennessee. At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States. August 12 U.S. troops of General Winfield Scott begin to advance along the aqueduct around Chalco and Xochimilco lakes in Mexico August 20 U.S. troops defeat Mexican troops in Valencia Mexico September 14 U.S. general Winfield Scott enters Mexico City marking the end of organized Mexican resistance in the US-Mexican War. September 30 The Vegetarian Society was formed in the United Kingdom. It remains the oldest in the world. OctoberDecember October Charlotte Bront 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 is founded at Union College. December 21 Abd al-Kader surrenders and is imprisoned by the French. Date unknown The Ottoman Empire cedes Abadan Island to the Persian Empire. The Architectural Association School of Architecture is founded. Emily Bront and Anne Bront 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. Births JanuaryJune 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) JulyDecember 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 8 Bram Stoker creator of the Gothic novel Dracula (d. 1912) November 26 Dagmar of Denmark empress of Tsar Alexander III of Russia (d. 1928) November 30 Afonso Pena Brazilian president (d. 1909) December 7 George Grossmith English actor and comic writer (d. 1912) December 18 Augusta Holms French composer (d. 1903) December 17 Michel-Joseph Maunoury French general during World War I (d. 1923) mile 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) Band Kakitsu I Japanese kabuki actor (d. 1893) Great Famine continues in Ireland Deaths JanuaryJune 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) JulyDecember July 3 Matj Kopeck puppeteer (b. 1775) September 4 Frantiek 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 Jos Arce Central American politician (b. 1787) References Historic Letters of 1847