WHAT ALL HAPPENED NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER 1847
Find out what all happened November to December 1847
The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse. (10. November 1847)
The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour. (29. November 1847)
The second Canadian railway line, the Montreal and Lachine Railway, is opened. (19. November 1847)
Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform. (4. November 1847)
Jefferson Davis is elected to the U.S. senate, his first political post. (5. December 1847)
Whitman Massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War. (29. November 1847)
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