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What Happened in September 1847

Historical Events

  • Sep 8 US under Gen Scott defeat Mexicans at Battle of Molino del Rey
  • Sep 10 1st theater opens in Hawaii

Event of interestEvent of Interest

Sep 11 1st singing of Stephen Foster's "Susanna" (in Pittsburgh)

Father of American Music Stephen Foster
Father of American Music
Stephen Foster
  • Sep 12 Mexican-American War: the Battle of Chapultepec begins.
  • Sep 13 American-Mexican war: US General Winfield Scott captures Mexico City
  • Sep 14 US Marines under General Scott enter Mexico City (halls of Montezuma)

Event of interestEvent of Interest

Sep 16 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust buys bard's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon

Playwright William Shakespeare
Playwright
William Shakespeare

Famous Birthdays

  • Sep 2 Roger Wolcott, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1900)

Person of interestJesse James

Sep 5 Jesse James, American outlaw and son of a clergyman, born in Kearney, Missouri (d. 1882)

Outlaw Jesse James
Outlaw
Jesse James
  • Sep 13 Charles Dupee Blake, American composer, born in Walpole, Massachusetts (d. 1903)
  • Sep 14 William Edward Ayrton, English Physicist and Inventor, born in London, England (d. 1908)
  • Sep 16 Albert Ross Parsons, American composer, born in Sandusky, Ohio (d. 1933)
  • Sep 20 Sergey Nechayev, Russian Nihilist (Catechism Revolutionary), born in Ivanovo, Russia (d. 1882)
  • Sep 30 Wilhelmina E Drucker, [Lensing], Dutch feminist

Famous Deaths

  • Sep 13 Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal, dies at 81
  • Sep 23 Henri de Mérode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs), dies at 65)

What Happened in 1847

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