Today in History for July 1847
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Months in 1847: January February March April May June August September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 9 of 9
1st - 1st US postage stamps go on sale, 5 cent Franklin & 10 cent Washington, NYC
2nd - Envelope bearing 1st US 10 cent stamps, still exists today
10th - Urbain J J Leverrier & John Couch Adams, codiscoverers of Neptune meet for 1st time at home of John Herschel
20th - German astronomer Theodor discovers Comet Brorsen-Metcalf
24th - Brigham Young & his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, UT
24th - Rotary-type printing press patents by Richard March Hoe, NYC
26th - Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society
26th - Moses Garrish Farmer builds 1st miniature train for children to ride
29th - Cumberland School of Law founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA. At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States.
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 5 of 5
2nd - Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer (tectonic geology)
4th - James Anthony Bailey, Detroit, circus impresario (Barnum & Bailey)
5th - Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, composer
20th - Max Liebermann, German impressionist painter
31st - Ignatio Cervantes, composer
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 3 of 3
1st - George F Kersting, German painter, dies at 61
11th - Joachim G le Sage at Trousers, RC foreman/publicist, dies at 71
19th - Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer, dies at 75
