Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
Author of Moby-Dick, American novelist Herman Melville (28) marries Elizabeth Shaw, daughter of Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Herman Melville
1847 Highlights
About August 4, 1847
Day of the Week: Wednesday
How Long Ago? 173 years, 5 months and 11 days
Leap Year: No
Star Sign: Leo