1847
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Events
- January 4 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the U.S government.
- March 29 – Mexican–American War: United States forces under General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
- May – The Architectural Association School of Architecture is founded in London.
- May 7 – In Philadelphia, the American Medical Association (AMA) is founded.
- June – E. H. Booth & Co. Ltd, which becomes the northern England supermarket chain Booths, is founded when tea dealer Edwin Henry Booth, 19, opens a shop called "The China House" in Blackpool.
- June 1 – The first congress of the Communist League is held in London.
- July 24 – After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City.
- July 26 – Liberia gains independence.
- September 14 - U.S. general Winfield Scott enters Mexico City, marking the end of organized Mexican resistance.
- September 30 – The Vegetarian Society is formed in the United Kingdom (it remains the oldest in the world).
- October 12 – German inventors and industrialists Werner von Siemens and Johann Georg Halske found Siemens to develop the electrical telegraph.
- December 21 – Emir Abdelkader surrenders to the French in Algeria.
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- The Great Famine continues in Ireland.
- Welfare in Sweden takes its first step with the introduction of the 1847 års fattigvårdförordning.
- Cartier, a luxury brand in France, is founded.