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1847 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1847th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 847th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 19th century, and the 8th year of the 1840s decade. As of the start of 1847, the ...
At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States. August 2 – Reuben Chapman is elected the 13th governor of Alabama defeating Nicholas Davis. August 12 – U.S. troops of General Winfield Scott begin to advance along the aqueduct around Lake Chalco and Lake Xochimilco in Mexico
Ongoing – Great Famine (Ireland): this summer's potato crop is free from blight, but inadequate due to the small area sown. [20] The British Relief Association is founded and raises money throughout England, the United States and Australia to relieve distress, with the help of the "Queen's Letters", two letters from Queen Victoria appealing for assistance.
The timeline of North American telegraphy is a chronology of notable events in the history of the electric telegraphy in the United States and Canada, including the rapid spread of telegraphic communications starting from 1844 and completion of the first transcontinental telegraph line in 1861.
The Taos Revolt was a popular insurrection in January 1847 by Hispano and Pueblo allies against the United States' occupation of present-day northern New Mexico during the Mexican–American War. Provisional governor Charles Bent and several other Americans were killed by the rebels.
1847 – Richard March Hoe, American inventor, patented the rotary-type printing press. 1864 – American Civil War : Battle of Kernstown : Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley .
Attention bread enthusiasts and history buffs – there’s a sourdough starter from 1847 that you can get your hands on, but there just might be some delay after it went viral on TikTok.
3 February - Marie Duplessis, courtesan (born 1824) 4 February - Henri Dutrochet, physician, botanist and physiologist (born 1776) 15 February - Germinal Pierre Dandelin, mathematician, soldier, and professor of engineering (born 1794)