1847: what happened around the world

Wars, battles and sieges38

• Sonderbund WarWars & conflicts
• Battle of ChapultepecBattles
• Caste War of Yucatán1847–1901 · Wars & conflicts
• Siege of VeracruzBattles
• Battle of Buena VistaBattles
• Battle of ChurubuscoBattles
• Battle of ContrerasBattles
• Battle of Molino del ReyBattles
• Battle of Cerro GordoBattles
• Cayuse War1847–1855 · Wars & conflicts
• Battle of Mexico-cityBattles
• Battle of the Sacramento RiverBattles
• Siege of PueblaBattles
• Battle of Embudo PassBattles
• Battle of HuamantlaBattles
• Battle of Santa ClaraBattles
• First Battle of TuxpanBattles
• Battle of CañadaBattles
• Battle of La MesaBattles
• Battle of La PazBattles
• Battle of Oued AslafBattles
• Battle of Rio San GabrielBattles
• Battle of San José del CaboBattles
• First Battle of MoraBattles
• Portugal–Angoche conflict1847–1910 · Wars & conflicts
• Siege of Messina1847–1848 · Sieges
• Battle of MulegeBattles
• Second Battle of TabascoBattles
• Siege of Pueblo de TaosSieges
• Battle of MoulouyaBattles
• Battle of VencesBattles
• Battle of VitichiBattles
• Las Vegas AffairWars & conflicts
• Second Battle of MoraBattles
• Second Battle of TuxpanBattles
• Siege of La PazSieges
• Skirmish at MatamorosBattles
• Third Battle of TuxpanBattles

Revolts, massacres and attacks7

• Whitman massacreMassacres
• Revolution of PotatoesRevolts & coups
• Taos RevoltRevolts & coups
• Albanian revolt of 1847Revolts & coups
• Revolt of the PolkosRevolts & coups
• Bombardment of GuaymasAttacks
• Tübinger bread riotRevolts & coups

Treaties, councils and politics5

• Treaty of CahuengaTreaties
• Treaty of CantonTreaties
• Jarnac ConventionTreaties
• Meusebach–Comanche TreatyTreaties
• Treaty of Fond du LacTreaties

Accidents and fires2

• Dee Bridge disasterAccidents
• Feuerwehr HeilbronnFires & explosions

Disasters1

• 1847 Zenkōji earthquakeNatural disasters

Already under way in 184774

• Mexican-American War1840–1848 · Wars & conflicts
• Great Irish Famine1845–1852 · Natural disasters
• Opium Wars1839–1860 · Wars & conflicts
• Caucasian War1763–1864 · Wars & conflicts
• Russo-Turkish Wars1568–1918 · Wars & conflicts
• American Indian Wars1609–1924 · Wars & conflicts
• Circassian genocide1800–1864 · Massacres
• Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War1651–1986 · Wars & conflicts
• Chechen–Russian conflict1785–2017 · Wars & conflicts
• Carlist Wars1833–1876 · Wars & conflicts
• Seminole Wars1816–1858 · Wars & conflicts
• Anglo-Burmese Wars1824–1886 · Wars & conflicts
• New Zealand Wars1845–1872 · Wars & conflicts
• Uruguayan Civil War1839–1851 · Wars & conflicts
• French conquest of Algeria1830–1904 · Wars & conflicts

Came to an end in 18475

• Conquest of California1846–1847 · Wars & conflicts
• Franco-Tahitian War1844–1847 · Wars & conflicts
• Peasant insurrection of 18461846–1847 · Revolts & coups
• Arakan Expeditions1841–1847 · Expeditions
• Fourth Corrientes army against Rosas1843–1847 · Wars & conflicts

Founded or built in 184740

• Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial ComplexMonuments
• Zürich HauptbahnhofTransport
• American Medical AssociationBuildings
• Stavropol GovernorateStates & realms
• Unterlinden MuseumArchaeology
• Staatliche AntikensammlungenArchaeology
• Ras el-Tin PalacePalaces
• Fort JeffersonCastles & forts
• Lawrence UniversityUniversities
• Ministry of DevelopmentGovernment
• Washington PlacePalaces
• 58 Joralemon StreetBuildings
• Chernivtsi City HallGovernment
• Dresden–Görlitz railwayTransport
• Lin Family Mansion and GardenParks & gardens
• Earlham CollegeUniversities
• Fort de l'Îlette de KermorvanCastles & forts
• Pont du RobinetBridges & tunnels
• TaşkışlaBuildings
• Vozarev CrossMonuments
• Bahnhofbrücke ZürichBridges & tunnels
• Clerkenwell PrisonPrisons
• Domus LitoniiBuildings
• Klein PalacePalaces
• Nieuw Kasteel, Petegem-aan-de-ScheldePalaces
• BethanienHospitals
• Bonaventure StationTransport
• Hakkemose BrickworksIndustry & energy
• HM Prison LeedsPrisons
• Casa-magatzem FontanellasIndustry & energy

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