What Happened in July 1847

Historical Events

Jul 1 1st US postage stamps go on sale, 5 cent Franklin and 10 cent Washington, NYC
Jul 2 Envelope bearing 1st US 10 cent stamps used (still exists today)

Jul 10 Urbain Le Leverrier and John Couch Adams, co-discoverers of Neptune, meet for 1st time at home of John Herschel

Jul 24 Brigham Young and his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, Utah

Jul 24 Rotary-type printing press patents received by Richard March Hoe, NYC
Jul 26 Moses Gerrish Farmer builds 1st miniature train for children to ride
Jul 26 The Liberian Declaration of Independence is signed making Liberia a sovereign nation, independent from the American Colonization Society
Jul 28 Denmark phases out slavery, beginning with all new-born children of enslaved women, the parent-generation is freed the following year [1]
Jul 29 Cumberland School of Law founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA. At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States

Jul 2 Marcel Bertrand, French geologist and mine engineer (tectonic geology), born in Paris (d. 1907)

Jul 4 American circus ringmaster and showman (Barnum & Bailey), born in Detroit, Michigan

Jul 5 Agnes Zimmermann, German composer, born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1925)
Jul 20 Max Liebermann, German impressionist painter and print maker, born in Berlin, Prussia (d. 1935)
Jul 31 Ignatio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (Danzas Cubanas), born in Havana (d. 1905)

Jul 28 Future German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck (32) weds noblewoman Johanna von Puttkamer (23) in Kolczyglowy, Poland

Jul 1 George F Kersting, German painter, dies at 61
Jul 11 Joachim le Sage ten Broek, Dutch notary and publicist, dies at 71
Jul 19 Johann Wilhelm Wilms, German-Dutch organist and composer (Wien Neêrlands Bloed - Dutch national anthem, 1815-1932), dies at 75
Jul 28 John Walter II, English newspaper owner (who made The Times into an important newspaper, 1812-47), dies at 71