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In the year 1847
250 Notable birthdays
Kuno von Moltke
German general (1847–1923).
Born December 13th, 1847 in Neustrelitz.
Died March 19th, 1923 at 75 years old in Wrocław.
Edwin J. Houston
American businessman (1847-1914).
Born July 9th, 1847 in Alexandria. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1914 at 66 years old in Philadelphia (heart disease). [ref]
Wilhelm Killing
German mathematician (1847–1923).
Born May 10th, 1847 in Burbach.
Died February 11th, 1923 at 75 years old in Münster.
James Hannington
Anglican missionary and saint (1847-1885).
Born September 3rd, 1847 in Sussex.
Died October 29th, 1885 at 38 years old in Busoga (stab wound).
Alice Meynell
English publisher, editor, writer, poet, activist (1847–1922).
Born September 22nd, 1847 in Barnes.
Died November 27th, 1922 at 75 years old in London.
Infante Augusto, Duke of Coimbra
Portuguese royal.
Born November 4th, 1847 in Lisbon.
Died September 26th, 1889 at 41 years old in Lisbon.
Idriz Seferi
Albanian nationalist and guerilla fighter (1847-1927).
Born March 14th, 1847 in Sefer.
Died March 25th, 1927 at 80 years old
Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa
Japanese prince (1847–1895).
Born April 1st, 1847 in Kyoto.
Died October 28th, 1895 at 48 years old in Tainan (malaria).
Frederick Arthur Bridgman
American artist (1847-1928).
Born November 10th, 1847 in Tuskegee.
Died January 13th, 1928 at 80 years old in Rouen.
Richard Bowdler Sharpe
English ornithologist (1847–1909).
Born November 22nd, 1847 in Snow Hill.
Died December 25th, 1909 at 62 years old in Chiswick (pneumonia).
Pavel Yablochkov
Russian engineer (1847–1894).
Born September 14th, 1847 in Serdobsk.
Died March 31st, 1894 at 46 years old in Saratov.
Flora Annie Steel
British historian and writer (1847–1929).
Born April 2nd, 1847 in Sudbury.
Died April 12th, 1929 at 82 years old in Minchinhampton.
Nikolay Zhukovsky
Russian scientist in mechanics and aerohydrodinamics.
Born January 17th, 1847 in Orekhovo, Vladimir oblast. [ref]
Died March 17th, 1921 at 74 years old in Moscow.
Mori Arinori
Japanese noble (1847-1889).
Born August 23rd, 1847 in Kasuga-chō. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1889 at 41 years old in Kōjimachi.
Giuseppe Giacosa
Italian librettist, poet and writer (1847-1906).
Born October 21st, 1847 in Colleretto Giacosa.
Died September 1st, 1906 at 58 years old in Colleretto Giacosa (asthma).
Alexander Mackenzie
Scottish conductor and composer (1847-1935).
Born August 22nd, 1847 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died April 28th, 1935 at 87 years old in London. [ref]
Anne de Rochechouart de Mortemart
French sculptor (1847-1933).
Born February 10th, 1847 in former 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 3rd, 1933 at 85 years old in Château de Dampierre.
Hiệp Hòa
Vietnamese emperor (1847–1883).
Born November 1st, 1847 in Huế.
Died November 29th, 1883 at 36 years old in Huế (poison).
Thomas S. Martin
American politician (1847–1919).
Born July 29th, 1847 in Scottsville.
Died November 12th, 1919 at 72 years old in Charlottesville.
Édouard Debat-Ponsan
French painter (1847-1913).
Born April 25th, 1847 in Toulouse. [ref]
Died January 29th, 1913 at 65 years old in Paris.
Oku Yasukata
Japanese general (1847-1930).
Born January 5th, 1847 in Kokura.
Died July 19th, 1930 at 83 years old in Wakamatsuchō.
Auguste Pavie
French diplomat and explorer; active in french indochina (1847-1925).
Born May 31st, 1847 in Dinan. [ref]
Died June 7th, 1925 at 78 years old in Thourie. [ref]
Carl Josef Bayer
Austrian chemist (1847–1904).
Born March 4th, 1847 in Bielsko-Biała.
Died October 22nd, 1904 at 57 years old in Rečica ob Paki.
Amalie Skram
Norwegian author.
Born August 22nd, 1847 in Bergen.
Died March 15th, 1905 at 57 years old in Copenhagen.
William Edward Ayrton
English physicist and electrical engineer (1847-1908).
Born September 14th, 1847 in London.
Died November 8th, 1908 at 61 years old in London.
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