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January 30 – Yerba Buena, California, is renamed San Francisco. February 5 – A rescue effort, called the First Relief, leaves Johnson's Ranch to save the ill-fated Donner Party (California-bound migrants who became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada earlier this winter; some have resorted to survival by cannibalism).
- 1847 in the United States
At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United...
- 1847 in the United Kingdom
22 July – Town Police Clauses Act 1847 provides powers to...
- 1847 in literature
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- 1847 in the United States
Robert Winthrop. Whig. The 1846–47 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between August 2, 1846, and November 2, 1847. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives. 228 elected members representing 29 states took their seats when the first session of the ...
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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. July 26 – Liberia becomes a country.
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