1847

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s

Years: 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 - 1847 - 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852

Events

January 3 - The California town of Yerba Buena is renamed San Francisco.
January 4 - Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
January 13 - The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California.
January 16 - John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
January 30 - Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco. (but see January 3?)
February 19 - The Donner Party[?] is rescued. It isn'ted that some of the survivors seem to be remarkably well-fed considering their ordeal.
February 22 - Mexican-American War: The Battle of Buena Vista[?] - 5,000 American troops under General Zachary Taylor use their superiority in artillery to drive off 15,000 Mexican troops under Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna defeating the Mexicans the next day.
March 9 - Mexican-American War: United States forces under General Winfield Scott invade Mexico near Veracruz.
March 29 - Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
May 7 - In Philadelphia, the American Medical Association[?] (AMA) is founded.
July 1 - The United States issues its first postage stamps.
July 24 - Salt Lake City is founded by Brigham Young.
October 12 - Siemens AG & Halske are founded.

Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy

1847 in literature:
- Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

Births

February 11 - Thomas Alva Edison, US inventor.
April 10 - Joseph Pulitzer, journalist and newspaper publisher
March 3 - Alexander Graham Bell, father of the telephone.

Deaths

January 19 - Charles Bent[?], New Mexico pioneer
March 9 - Mary Anning, British paleontologist
March 11 - Johnny Appleseed, pioneer, agronomist
May 14 - Fanny Mendelssohn, composer and pianist
Charles Hatchett, English chemist who discovered niobium

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