* 1794 – Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician ( d. 1847 )

* 1775 – Daniel O ' Connell, Irish politician ( d. 1847 )

* 1847 – Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Italian wife of Amadeo I of Spain ( d. 1876 )

* 1847 – The accidental shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand land wars.

* 1786 – John Franklin, English navy officer and explorer ( d. 1847 )

* 1847 – Hans Auer, Swiss architect ( d. 1906 )

* 1847 – Robert Comtesse, Swiss politician ( d. 1922 )

Several of Alexander's works were published in the Aldine edition of Aristotle, Venice, 1495 – 1498 ; his De Fato and De Anima were printed along with the works of Themistius at Venice ( 1534 ); the former work, which has been translated into Latin by Grotius and also by Schulthess, was edited by J. C. Orelli, Zürich, 1824 ; and his commentaries on the Metaphysica by H. Bonitz, Berlin, 1847.

* 1847 – Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer ( d. 1927 )

* 1847 – Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, is opened in Birkenhead.

* 1912 – Bram Stoker, Irish author ( b. 1847 )

* Principality and Duchy of Anhalt-Köthen: 1396 – 1561 and 1603 – 1847

The Habsburgs founded a number of monasteries ( with some structures enduring, e. g., in Wettingen and Muri ), the closing of which by the government in 1841 was a contributing factor to the outbreak of the Swiss civil war – the " Sonderbund War " – in 1847.

Stone ( 1847 – 1938 ), a leading American silversmith, was born, trained and worked in Sheffield, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland, before travelling to the United States in 1884.

Stone 1847 – 1938: Designer and Silversmith " by Elenita C. Chickering, 1994, Boston Athenaeum

* 1847 – The last survivors of the Donner Party are out of the wilderness.

* 1767 – Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal ( d. 1847 )

Archduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen (, also known as Karl von Österreich-Teschen ) ( Full name: Karl Ludwig Johann Josef Lorenz of Austria ) ( 5 September 1771 – 30 April 1847 ) was an Austrian field-marshal, the third son of emperor Leopold II and his wife Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain.

On 8 March 1873, at the urging of his father, the twenty-eight-year-old ` Abdu ’ l-Bahá married Fátimih Nahrí of Isfahán ( 1847 – 1938 ) a twenty-five-year-old noblewoman.

Work was also progressing on the northern half of the West Wing ( The Egyptian Sculpture Gallery ) 1826 – 1831, with Montagu House demolished in 1842 to make room for the final part of the West Wing, completed in 1846, and the South Wing with its great colonnade, initiated in 1843 and completed in 1847, when the Front Hall and Great Staircase were opened to the public.

#** Christine Charlotte Alexandrine Egypta Bonaparte ( 1798 – 1847 )

#*** Charles Albert Edmond Bonaparte ( 1843 – 1847 )

#* Prince Achille Murat ( 1801 – 1847 ), married Catherine Willis Gray ( 1803 – 1867 ), great-grandniece of George Washington.

* November 14 – Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist ( d. 1847 )

* Fanny Mendelssohn ( 1805 – 1847 ), composer and pianist, daughter of Abraham, granddaughter of Moses

Fanny Hensel, 1842, by Moritz Daniel OppenheimFanny Mendelssohn ( 14 November 1805 – 14 May 1847 ), later Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy and, after her marriage, Fanny Hensel, was a German pianist and composer, the sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn and granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn.

Grave of Fanny Hensel in BerlinFanny Hensel died in Berlin in 1847 of complications from a stroke suffered while rehearsing one of her brother's oratorios, The First Walpurgis Night.

* November 14 – Fanny Hensel, pianist and composer ( d. 1847 )

The 1847 murder of his daughter, Fanny, most likely perpetrated by her husband Charles de Choiseul-Praslin, indirectly helped foment the 1848 Revolution.

* Fanny Hensel, née Mendelssohn, ( 1805 – 1847 ), sister of Felix Mendelssohn and wife of Wilhelm Hensel

The son of Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet, a prominent physician, Knutsford was educated at Harrow School, Durham University, and Trinity College, Cambridge, and took his degree in 1847.

* Henry Scott Holland ( 1847 – 1918 ), English theologian and author ; Canon of St Paul's Cathedral

* 1847 – George Grossmith, English actor and writer ( d. 1912 )

* 1847 – Ellen Terry, English actress ( d. 1928 )

* 1847 – Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English statesman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ( d. 1929 )

* 1847 – John Lister, English politician ( d. 1933 )

According to his The New York Times obituary published on April 3, 1872, Morse received respectively the decoration of the Atiq Nishan-i-Iftikhar ( English: Order of Glory ) medal on wearer's right depicted in photo of Morse with medals, set in diamonds, from the Sultan Ahmad I ibn Mustafa of Turkey ( c. 1847 ), a golden snuff box containing the Prussian gold medal for scientific merit from the King of Prussia ( 1851 ); the Great Gold Medal of Arts and Sciences from the King of Württemberg ( 1852 ); and the Great Golden Medal of Science and Arts from Emperor of Austria ( 1855 ); a cross of Chevalier in the Légion d ' honneur from the Emperor of France ; the Cross of a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog from the King of Denmark ( 1856 ); the Cross of Knight Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, from the Queen of Spain, besides being elected member of innumerable scientific and art societies in this States and other countries.

The treaty was drafted in English and Spanish by José Antonio Carrillo, approved by American Lieutenant-Colonel John C. Frémont and Mexican Governor Andrés Pico on January 13, 1847 at Campo de Cahuenga in what is now North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

* March 1 – George Grossmith, English actor and comic writer ( b. 1847 )

* September 20 – Annie Besant, English Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator ( b. 1847 )

* October 12 – John Lister, English politician ( b. 1847 )

** Thomas Brock, English sculptor ( b. 1847 )

* February 1 – Charles Hatchett, English chemist ( d. 1847 )

* December 24 – Barbara Ann Spooner Wilberforce, Wife of English Abolitionist William Wilberforce ( d. 1847 )

It was presented in English at the Surrey Theatre in London on December 21, 1847, and was repeated in the same season in Italian with Jenny Lind.

In 1847, the English physicist James Joule showed that he could raise the temperature of water by turning a paddle wheel in it, thus showing that heat and mechanical work were equivalent or proportional to each other, i. e., approximately,.

Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett, GBE ( 11 June 1847 – 5 August 1929 ) was an English suffragist ( one who campaigned for women to have the vote ) and an early feminist.

* William Collins ( painter ) ( 1788 – 1847 ), English landscape artist

* Sharon Turner ( 1768 – 1847 ), English historian

** The Vicomte de Bragelonne, sometimes called " Ten Years Later ", ( Le Vicomte de Bragelonne, ou Dix ans plus tard, 1847 ): When published in English, it was usually split into three parts: The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Louise de la Valliere, and The Man in the Iron Mask, of which the last part is the best known.

The Christmas Cracker was devised in 1847 by an English confectioner and stationery manufacturer, whilst on holiday in Paris with his family.

1847 ), English translator of Italian works

* November 27-Alice Meynell, English poet ( born 1847 )

The first edition of Niebuhr's Roman History was translated into English by F. A. Walter ( 1827 ), but was immediately superseded by the translation of the second edition by Julius Hare and Connop Thirlwall, completed by William Smith and Leonhard Schmitz ( last edition, 1847 – 1851 ).