1847
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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
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Events
- 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.
- February 19 - The Donner Party is rescued. It is noted 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 1 - Faustin Soulouque declares himself Emperor of Haiti
- 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 - After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City.
- July 26 - Liberia gains independence.
- September 6 - Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
- October 12 - German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG & Halske.
Ongoing events
- Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
Year in topic
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.
- November 26 - Princess Dagmar of Denmark, later Emperess consort of Tsar Alexander III of Russia.
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
heads of State
- China - Daoguang Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (September 2, 1820 to February 25, 1850)
- Denmark - Christian VIII, King of Denmark (December 13, 1839 to January 20, 1848)
- France - Louis-Phillippe, King of the French (August 1, 1830 to February 24, 1848)
- Norway - Oscar I, King of Sweden and Norway (1844-1859)
- Ottoman Empire - Abd-ul-Mejid, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (July 2, 1839 to June 25, 1861)
- Prussia - Frederick William IV, King of Prussia (1840-1861)
- Russia - Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (December 26, 1825 to March 2, 1855)
- Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (September 29, 1833 to September, 1868)
- United States - James Polk, President of the United States (1845-1849)