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August 20 – Mexican–American War – Battle of Churubusco: U.S. troops defeat Mexican forces. August – Yale Corporation establishes the first graduate school in the United States, as Department of Philosophy and the Arts (renamed Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1892 ).
- 1847 in the United States
January 4 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol, the...
- 1847 in literature
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- 1847 in the United States
Apr 22, 2024 · Thomas Edison (born February 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio, U.S.—died October 18, 1931, West Orange, New Jersey) was an American inventor who, singly or jointly, held a world-record 1,093 patents. In addition, he created the world’s first industrial research laboratory .
Events. The book Wuthering Heights is published. February 22 – The Battle of Buena Vista in the Mexican–American War. March 29 – Veracruz is taken by General Winfield Scott. May 7 – The American Medical Association is founded. July 24 – The Mormon pioneers under Brigham Young arrive in Salt Lake City to begin settling Utah.
Nov 9, 2009 · Thomas Edison was a prolific inventor and businessman whose inventions include the phonograph, incandescent light bulb, motion picture camera and alkaline battery.
The Panic of 1847 was a major British commercial and banking crisis, possibly triggered by the announcement in early March 1847 of government borrowing to pay for relief to combat the Great Famine in Ireland. [1] [2] It is also associated with the end of the 1840s railway industry boom and the failure of many non-bank lenders.
