1847 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1847?
- January 13, 1847 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California.
- January 16, 1847 – John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
- January 30, 1847 – Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.
- February 19, 1847 – The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
- February 23, 1847 – Mexican-American War: Battle of Buena Vista – In Mexico, American troops under General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
- March 1, 1847 – The state of Michigan formally abolishes capital punishment.
- March 29, 1847 – Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
- 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.
- May 7, 1847 – The American Medical Association is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 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 6, 1847 – Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
- 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 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 – Whitman Massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
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