* 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.

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 Queen Adelaide Almshouses, also known as the King William Naval Asylum, St. John ’ s Road, founded 1847 and built in 1848 to designs by Philip Hardwick at the request and expense of Queen Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, the widow of King William IV, to provide shelter for twelve widows or orphan daughters of naval officers.

In 1847 Queen Victoria granted Pembroke Lodge in the Petersham part of Richmond Park to John Russell, 1st Earl Russell and it became their family home.

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were rowed into the cave in the royal barge in 1847, and The Times correspondent recorded:

* He is reputed to have been offered a knighthood on Queen Victoria's 1847 Cambridge visit but to have declined, either out of modesty, or fear of the financial consequences of such social distinction ;

In the reign of Queen Victoria, coins were minted for circulation in 1839, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1847, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, and 1856.

The Queen Victoria " Gothic " crown of 1847 ( mintage just 8, 000 and produced to celebrate the Gothic revival ) is considered by many to be the most beautiful British coin ever minted.

After a successful season in Vienna, where she was mobbed by admirers and feted by the Imperial Family, Lind travelled to London in 1847, where her first performance, at Her Majesty's Theatre on 4 May, was attended by Queen Victoria.

Walter George Arthur who petitioned Queen Victoria in 1847 while interned with other Tasmanian Aborigines on Flinders Island.

Under Queen Victoria's 1847 statutes a member " convicted of treason, cowardice, felony, or any infamous crime derogatory to his honour as a knight or gentleman, or accused and does not submit to trial in a reasonable time, shall be degraded from the Order by a special ordinance signed by the sovereign ".

On 25 June 1847, the City of Melbourne was declared by letters patent of Queen Victoria.

* King William Naval Asylum, now known as the Queen Adelaide Almshouses, St. John ’ s Road, Penge ( founded 1847 ), built 1848 to his designs at the request and expense of Queen Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, the widow of King William IV, to provide shelter for twelve widows or orphan daughters of naval officers.

In 1847, he was given command of the 120-gun first rate ship of the line and his first commission was to conduct Her Majesty, the Dowager Queen Adelaide on trips to Lisbon and Madeira and then back to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.

* Richard Reader Harris ( KC ) ( 1847 – 1909 ), English barrister, counselor to Queen Victoria, Methodist minister

Ramsey is also known as ' Royal Ramsey ' due to royal visits from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1847 followed by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 1907.

Queen Victoria landed here in 1847, when heavy seas made it impossible to enter Douglas Harbour.

Over the years the castle has played host to numerous luminaries ; Queen Victoria visited it in 1847, and the Royal connection was further cemented when her daughter, Princess Louise, married the heir to the Campbell chieftainship, the Marquis of Lorne, in 1871, illustrating the elevated position of the Argyll family in the social pecking order of the times.

The adhesive embossed postage stamps of the United Kingdom, issued during the reign of Queen Victoria between 1847 and 1854 exhibit four features which are unique to this issue:

The construction took place between 1842 – 1854, although it was almost completed in 1847: King Ferdinand and Queen Maria II intervened decisively on matters of decoration and symbolism.

Bytown was initially incorporated on July 28, 1847, and sanctioned by both the Legislative Assembly and the Governor, but eventually this was disallowed by the Queen, possibly due to the perceived threat to Ordnance.

The town of Melbourne was raised to the status of a city by Letters Patent of Queen Victoria dated 25 June 1847, five years after its incorporation as a town.