1847 – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי

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1847

Events

January–March

January 4 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the U.S government.
January 13 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the fighting in the Mexican–American War in California.
January 16 – John C. Frémont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
January 17 – St. Anthony Hall is founded at Columbia University, New York City, New York.
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. These California bound emigrants became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846–47, and some had resorted to cannibalism to survive.
February 22 – Mexican–American War – The Battle of Buena Vista: 5,000 American troops under General Zachary Taylor use their superiority in artillery to drive off 15,000 Mexican troops under Antonio López de Santa Anna, defeating the Mexicans the next day.
March 1
- The state of Michigan formally abolishes the death penalty.
- Faustin Soulouque is elected the President of Haiti.
March 4 – The 30th United States Congress is sworn into office.
March 9 – Mexican–American War: United States forces under General Winfield Scott invade Mexico near Veracruz.
March 14 – Verdi's opera Macbeth premieres at Teatro della Pergola in Florence, Italy.
March 29 – Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.

1847 – מילון אנגלי-עברי