History of 1847

During the year of 1847 the following events have happened in our world's history.

January 09, 1847 - 1st SF paper 'California Star' published
January 14, 1847 - Conspiracy in New Mexico against US
January 30, 1847 - Yerba Buena renamed SF
February 04, 1847 - 1st US Telegraph Company established in Maryland
March 10, 1847 - 1st money minted in Hawaii
March 11, 1847 - John Chapman `Johnny Appleseed' dies in Allen County - Ind
March 29, 1847 - Vera Cruz - Mexico falls to Americans
June 14, 1847 - Bunsen invents a gas burner
June 22, 1847 - Doughnut invented
June 27, 1847 - NY & Boston linked by telegraph wires
July 01, 1847 - US issues its 1st postage stamps.
July 01, 1847 - 1st adhesive US postage stamps go on sale
July 01, 1847 - Amateur astronomer M Hencke discovers his second asteroid Hebe
July 10, 1847 - Urbain J.J. Leverrier & John Couch Adams codiscoverers of Neptune meet for 1st time at home of John Herschel.
July 24, 1847 - Mormon leader Brigham Young & followers arrive at Salt Lake City Ut
July 26, 1847 - Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society
August 13, 1847 - English astronomer J.R. Hind discovers asteroid Iris
August 26, 1847 - Liberia was proclaimed an independent republic.
September 10, 1847 - 1st theater opens in Hawaii
September 14, 1847 - US troops capture Mexico City.
October 01, 1847 - Maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet
October 18, 1847 - English astronomer J.K Hind discovers Flor his second asteroid
November 21, 1847 - Phoenix is lost on Lake Michigan
November 29, 1847 - Indians kill Marcus & Narcissa Whitman 11 settle in Walla Walla Ore