* 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 – 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.

* 1774 – Hans Järta, Swedish political activist ( d. 1847 )

* February 11 – Hans Jarta, Swedish political activist and administrator ( d. 1847 )

Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (), known universally as Paul von Hindenburg (; 2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934 ) was a Prussian-German field marshal, statesman, and politician, and served as the second President of Germany from 1925 to 1934.

* The Shadow ( fairy tale ), an 1847 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Järta ( originally Hans Hierta ) ( 1774 – 1847 ) was a Swedish administrator and revolutionary.

National romantic painting by Hans Gude, 1847

Hans von Hebra ( 1847 – 1902 ) wrote the classical description of the disease in a paper published in the January 1870 issue of the Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift.

From Hardanger, a painting by Hans Gude, 1847

* 1847 – Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor ( d. 1904 )

* 1847 – The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.

* 1922 – Robert Comtesse, Swiss Federal Councillor ( b. 1847 )

From 1847, the Spanisch-Brötli-Bahn, the first railway on Swiss territory, connected Zurich with Baden, putting the Zürich Hauptbahnhof at the origin of the Swiss rail network.

In 1847, the Swiss added the " statute referendum " to their national constitution.

Fribourg and the Sonderbund capitulated to Federalist forces under General Dufour on 14 November 1847 in what amounted to a brief and nearly bloodless Swiss civil war.

In 1845 the canton of Zug became a member of the Sonderbund and shared in the war of 1847 which was lost to the Swiss confederation.

Robert Comtesse ( 14 August 1847 – 17 November 1922 ) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council ( 1899-1912 ).

The first Swiss railway ran in the Limmat valley in 1847, connecting Zurich to Baden.

Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet ( June 17, 1797-May 4, 1847 ), was a Swiss critic and theologian.

In the 19th century, the canton of Vaud was an outspoken opponent of the Sonderbund Catholic separatist movement, which led to intervention in 1847 by 99, 000 Swiss Federal troops under General Henri Dufour against 79, 000 separatists, in what is called the Sonderbund War.

Swiss patriotism in the restored Confederacy of 1815 – 1847 rediscovered the formative phase of the Old Confederacy as a source of national identity.

This Catholic separatist movement ( Sonderbund ) led to intervention in 1847 by 99, 000 Swiss Federal troops under General Henri Dufour against 79, 000 separatists in what is called the Sonderbund war.

In 1847, the period of Swiss history known as Restoration ended with the breaking out of a war between the conservative Roman Catholic and the liberal Protestant cantons ( the Sonderbundskrieg ).

The 1847 to 1914 period saw the development of the Swiss railway network.

The Schweizerische Nordbahn ( SNB ) society opened the first railway line on Swiss soil in 1847, connecting Zürich and Baden.

* A Very Civil War: The Swiss Sonderbund War of 1847

The 1847 to 1914 period saw the development of the Swiss railway network.

The Schweizerische Nordbahn ( SNB ) society opened the first railway line on Swiss soil in 1847, connecting Zürich and Baden.

In 1847 he saw his first active service ( as artillery captain ) in the short Swiss Sonderbund war.