Historical figures in 1847
The atlas holds 27 people and 42 moments here, in 1847. The most recorded lives are James K. Polk, Hans Christian Andersen and Friedrich Engels. Among them Writers, Scientists and Political Leaders.
Notable people
Alexander Graham Bell
in 1847
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Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, teacher of the deaf, and engineer best known for patenting the first practical telephone.…
Benito Juárez
in 1847
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Mexican lawyer, Liberal politician, and president of Mexico from 1858 until his death. A Zapotec from Oaxaca, Juárez led the Liberal government…
Charles Darwin
in 1847
1 moment here
English naturalist, geologist, and biologist whose observations during the global voyage of HMS Beagle and subsequent research led to his theory of…
Charles Dickens
in 1847
1 moment here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
Emily Dickinson
in 1847
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American poet Emily Elizabeth Dickinson spent most of her life in Amherst, Massachusetts, with documented childhood schooling, a brief Boston…
Florence Nightingale
in 1847
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English social reformer, statistician, and nursing pioneer. Nightingale’s documented movements span childhood homes in England; travel and nursing…
Friedrich Engels
in 1847
2 moments here
German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…
Giuseppe Verdi
in 1847
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Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…
Gustave Flaubert
in 1847
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French novelist and major exponent of literary realism, best known for Madame Bovary, Salammbô, Sentimental Education, Three Tales, and his extensive…
Hans Christian Andersen
in 1847
6 moments here
Danish writer renowned for literary fairy tales including “The Little Mermaid,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Snow Queen,” and “The Ugly…
Heinrich Heine
in 1847
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German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…
Henry David Thoreau
in 1847
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American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher associated with transcendentalism. Thoreau lived chiefly in and around Concord, Massachusetts,…
Hokusai
in 1847
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Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, painter, and printmaker. His documented physical-presence chronology is concentrated in…
Honoré de Balzac
in 1847
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French novelist and playwright, born in Tours and dead in Paris. Balzac created La Comédie humaine, an interlinked fictional panorama of…
Imam Shamil
in 1847
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Avar imam, political and military leader of the Caucasian Imamate, and principal leader of North Caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia during the…
James A. Garfield
in 1847
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James Abram Garfield was an Ohio educator, Union Army general, U.S. representative, and the 20th president of the United States.…
James Clerk Maxwell
in 1847
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Scottish physicist and mathematician whose career moved among Edinburgh, Galloway, Cambridge, Aberdeen, and London.…
James K. Polk
in 1847
8 moments here
James Knox Polk was the eleventh president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. Born in North Carolina and raised largely in Tennessee,…
Johannes Brahms
in 1847
1 moment here
German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms developed as a performer there before touring Central Europe,…
John Quincy Adams
in 1847
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John Quincy Adams was an American diplomat, secretary of state, sixth president of the United States, and Massachusetts representative.…
Jules Verne
in 1847
1 moment here
French novelist, playwright, and poet whose documented life included residences and work in Nantes, Paris, Amiens, Auteuil, and Le Crotoy, together…
Karl Marx
in 1847
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German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…
Muhammad Ali of Egypt
in 1847
1 moment here
Ottoman Albanian military commander and wālī of Egypt from 1805 to 1848. Muhammad Ali consolidated power in Egypt, undertook campaigns in Arabia and…
Otto von Bismarck
in 1847
1 moment here
Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman, diplomat, and the first chancellor of the German Empire.…
Moments
- 1847 Winter residence in Rome Florence Nightingale
- 1847 Letter from Rouen Gustave Flaubert
- 1847 Located at his Asakusa residence Hokusai
- 1847 Residence at Veden Imam Shamil
- 1847 Canal-work attempt James A. Garfield
- 1847 University of Edinburgh studies James Clerk Maxwell
- 1847 First public solo appearance Johannes Brahms
- 1847 First law studies in Paris Jules Verne
- 1847 Foundation stone at the Nile Delta Muhammad Ali of Egypt
- 1847 Return to the House chamber after stroke John Quincy Adams
- 1847 Born in Milan Thomas Edison
- 1847 Battle of Buena Vista Zachary Taylor
- 1847 Birth in Edinburgh Alexander Graham Bell
- 1847 Move to Montmorency Heinrich Heine
- 1847 Attends British Association at Oxford Charles Darwin
- 1847 First Communist League congress Friedrich Engels
- 1847 Arrives in London Hans Christian Andersen
- 1847 Northern tour begins in Baltimore James K. Polk
- 1847 Northern tour in New York James K. Polk
- 1847 Northern tour in Philadelphia James K. Polk
- 1847 Northern tour in Springfield James K. Polk
- 1847 Return to Chapel Hill James K. Polk
- 1847 Performs in Manchester Charles Dickens
- 1847 Conducts I masnadieri premiere Giuseppe Verdi
- 1847 Paris base Giuseppe Verdi
- 1847 Meets Charles Dickens Hans Christian Andersen
- 1847 Northern tour in Portland James K. Polk
- 1847 Return through Philadelphia James K. Polk
- 1847 Return to Washington from northern tour James K. Polk
- 1847 Marriage to Johanna von Puttkamer Otto von Bismarck
- 1847 Enrollment at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary Emily Dickinson
- 1847 Stays at Trinity near Edinburgh Hans Christian Andersen
- 1847 Tours the Scottish Highlands Hans Christian Andersen
- 1847 Returns to Ettersburg Castle Hans Christian Andersen
- 1847 Return to Emerson household Henry David Thoreau
- 1847 Arrival at Wierzchownia Honoré de Balzac
- 1847 Wierzchownia stay Honoré de Balzac
- 1847 Mexican campaign at Mexico City Ulysses S. Grant
- 1847 Moves into Copenhagen corner apartment Hans Christian Andersen
- 1847 Assumes governorship of Oaxaca Benito Juárez
- 1847 Second Communist League congress Friedrich Engels
- 1847 Attends Communist League congress Karl Marx