1847 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1847?
- January 16, 1847 – John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
- February 19, 1847 – The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
- February 22, 1847 – Mexican-American War: The Battle of Buena Vista – 5,000 American troops defeat 15,000 Mexicans.
- March 1, 1847 – The state of Michigan formally abolishes capital punishment.
- March 9, 1847 – Mexican-American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.
- April 16, 1847 – The accidental shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand land wars.
- April 25, 1847 – The last survivors of the Donner Party are out of the wilderness.
- 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.
- July 29, 1847 – Cumberland School of Law is founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, United States, one of only 15 law schools to exist in the United States at the end of 1847.
- September 11, 1847 – Stephen Foster’s well-known song, Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- September 12, 1847 – Mexican-American War: the Battle of Chapultepec begins.
- 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.
- September 14, 1847 – Mexican-American War: Winfield Scott captures Mexico City.
- November 4, 1847 – Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
- 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.
- November 29, 1847 – The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
- December 5, 1847 – Jefferson Davis is elected to the US senate, his first political post.
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