1847

Year 1847 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - June

 * - sells his first  pistol to the  government.
 * - The ended the fighting of the  in.
 * - is appointed Governor of the new  Territory.
 * -, is renamed.
 * - A rescue effort, called the First Relief, leaves Johnson's Ranch to save the ill-fated . These California bound emigrants became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846–1847, and some had resorted to cannibalism to survive.
 * - : The - 5,000  troops under General  use their superiority in  to drive off 15,000  troops under  defeating the Mexicans the next day.
 * - The state of formally abolishes the.
 * - declares himself  of.
 * - : forces under General  invade  near.
 * - 's  premieres at in.
 * - : forces led by General  take  after a.
 * - The is established.
 * - In, the (AMA) is founded.
 * - First congress of the, in.
 * - The first train journey in takes place, the train drove from  to

July - December

 * - The issues its first s.
 * - After 17 months of travel, leads 148  pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of.
 * -  gains independence.
 * - founded at  in Lebanon, .  At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States.
 * - US troops of general begin to advance along the  around  and  lakes in Mexico
 * - US troops defeat Mexican troops in ,
 * - The was formed in the . It remains the oldest in the world.
 * - inventor and industrialist  founds   & Halske.
 * - founded at Union College.

Undated

 * cedes to the.
 * is captured and imprisoned by the.
 * Founding of the
 * publishes  under the pen name of Ellis Bell.
 * publishes  under the pen name of Currer Bell
 * The incorporates the railroad town of, and the  county seat is moved to the new town.

Ongoing events

 * (-). This was the worst year of the famine, and is referred to as Black 47.
 * (-). This was the worst year of the famine, and is referred to as Black 47.

January - June

 * -, Dutch naval hero (d. )
 * -, Methodist Social Reformer, First Superintendent of the (d. )
 * -, American inventor (d. )
 * -, Austrian composer (d. )
 * -, Polish-German composer (d. )
 * , Scottish-born inventor (d. )
 * , English actress (d. )
 * -, Austrian chemist (d. )
 * -, Brazilian poet (d. )
 * -, German chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Hungarian-born journalist and newspaper publisher (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * - Ida Saxton McKinley, U.S. First Lady (d. )
 * -, British suffragist and feminist (d. )
 * -, British suffragist and feminist (d. )

July - December

 * -, Chinese healer and revolutionary (d. )
 * -, German pathologist and biologist (d. )
 * -, member of the (d. )
 * -, American outlaw (d. )
 * -, English women's rights activist, writer and orator.(d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Brazilian composer (d. )
 * -, empress of Tsar (d. )
 * -, English actor and comic writer (d. )
 * -, French composer (d. )
 * -, Brazilian president (d. )
 * -, French General during (d. )
 * -, Italian explorer (d. )
 * date unknown -, American leader (d. )

Deaths

 * January -, Azerbaijani writer (b. )
 * -, first Governor of New Mexico Territory (assassinated)
 * -, British paleontologist (b. )
 * -, Austrian general (b. )
 * -, German composer and pianist (b. )
 * -, French marshal (b. )
 * -, puppeteer (b. )
 * -, Czech patriot (b. )
 * -, French marshal (b. )
 * -, English chemist (b. )
 * - Negus of
 * -, German composer (b. )
 * -, Central American politician (b. )


 * See also .