Historical Events in 1847
47 curated events dated to this year, and 162 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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1847
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Publication of Agnes Grey
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Appointment as a Master at Eton College
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Helmholtz publishes conservation of energy in Berlin
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Ignaz Semmelweis Introduces Handwashing Protocol
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Publication of 'Jane Eyre'
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Publication of 'Wuthering Heights'
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Publication of Vanity Fair
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Religious Crisis and 'No-Hoper' Status at Mount Holyoke
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Synthesis of Nitroglycerin by Ascanio Sobrero
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The Great Famine in Ireland Accompanied by Typhus and Louse-Borne Disease
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Transformation of Appledore Island
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Appointment as Professor at Harvard Medical School
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Christina Rossetti's First Published Poems
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Death of Mallarmé's Mother
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Final Publication Before Death
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Frederick Douglass Launches 'The North Star' Newspaper
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Joseph Fry produces the first solid chocolate bar
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Mark Twain's Early Education and Apprenticeship
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Marriage to Elizabeth Shaw
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Mormon Pioneer Trek to Salt Lake Valley
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Orphaned at a Young Age
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Publication of 'The Lover's Tale'
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The Creation of the World's First Chocolate Candy Bar by J.S. Fry & Sons
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William Wordsworth's Death of His Daughter Dora
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Band of Hope founded in Leeds
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Birth of First Child, Edward Payson Prentiss
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Death of William Morris's Father
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Emily Brontë and the Yorkshire Poet's Body Constrained by Victorian Propriety
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Enrollment at the University of South Carolina
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Establishment of the Republic of Liberia
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Mangan's Struggles with Mental Health
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Poe's Final Years in Baltimore
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Publication of 'The Latest Decalogue'
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Soup Kitchens Act Attempts Famine Relief
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The Panic of 1847 in the United Kingdom
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The Publication of Alexis Soyer's Culinary Relief for the Irish Famine
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Abolition of Slavery in the Ottoman Empire
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Discovery of the Law of Conservation of Energy
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First Printed Chocolate Cake Recipes
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Ten Hours Act
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Werner von Siemens founds Siemens & Halske in Berlin
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William Morris's Education at Marlborough College
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Marriage to Mary Ann
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Marriage to Mary Elizabeth
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Mormon Exodus to Utah Influences British Converts
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Sugar in Brewing Act permits sugar in beer
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Whitman Massacre Aftermath and Cayuse War
Poets alive in 1847
162 poets
Poets in 1847
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