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At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States. August 2 – Reuben Chapman is elected the 13th governor of Alabama defeating Nicholas Davis. August 12 – U.S. troops of General Winfield Scott begin to advance along the aqueduct around Lake Chalco and Lake Xochimilco in Mexico
1847 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1847th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 847th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 19th century, and the 8th year of the 1840s decade. As of the start of 1847, the ...
The Whitman massacre (also known as the Whitman killings and the Tragedy at Waiilatpu) [1] [2] was the killing of American missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, along with eleven others, on November 29, 1847.
The battle occurred on July 9, 1847 and was fought between New Mexican insurgents, Pueblo natives and United States Army troops. On July 9, 1847 a detachment of thirty-one men, belonging to Captain Morin's company of American infantry were stationed close to Cienega Creek about eighteen miles from Taos, New Mexico.
The 1847 National Convention of Colored People and Their Friends, held in Troy, New York, established a newspaper that would report on the future conventions. [1] Noteworthy black abolitionists in attendance included Henry Highland Garnet , who was hosting the convention in his church, and Frederick Douglass , who gave a speech asking blacks to ...
Ongoing – Great Famine (Ireland): this summer's potato crop is free from blight, but inadequate due to the small area sown. [20] The British Relief Association is founded and raises money throughout England, the United States and Australia to relieve distress, with the help of the "Queen's Letters", two letters from Queen Victoria appealing for assistance.
March 4, 1825 – Adams becomes the sixth president; Calhoun becomes the seventh vice president; 1825 – Erie Canal is finally completed 1826 – Former presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die on the same day, which happens to be on the fiftieth anniversary of the approval of the Declaration of independence.
The history of the United States from 1815 to 1849—also called the Middle Period, the Antebellum Era, or the Age of Jackson—involved westward expansion across the American continent, the proliferation of suffrage to nearly all white men, and the rise of the Second Party System of politics between Democrats and Whigs.