What is 1847?
{{Year nav|1847}} {{Year in various calendars|1847}} {{Year article header|1847}} ==Events== * The book ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'' is published * [[February 22]] – The [[Battle of Buena Vista]] in the [[Mexican–American War]] * [[March 29]] – [[Veracruz]] is taken by General [[Winfield Scott]] * [[May 7]] – The [[American Medical Association]] is founded * [[July 24]] – The [[Mormon]] pioneers under [[Brigham Young]] arrive in [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]] to begin settling [[Utah]]. * [[July 26]] – [[Liberia]] becomes a country ==Births== * [[February 11]] – [[Thomas Edison]] * [[March 3]] – [[Alexander Graham Bell]] * [[April 10]] – [[Joseph Pulitzer]] * [[September 5]] – [[Jesse James]] == Deaths == * [[March 11]] – [[Johnny Appleseed]] * [[November 4]] – [[Felix Mendelssohn]] [[Category:1847| ]]