4th » Sir James Young Simpson, a British people called British physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
10th » The passenger ship 'Stephen Whitney (ship) or Stephen Whitney' is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock or Fastnet Rock lighthouse.
19th » The second Canada called Canadian railway line, the Montreal and Lachine, Quebec or Lachine Railway, is opened.
29th » The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Switzerland known as Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
29th » Whitman Massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1847
1st » Emma Albani, Canadian-English soprano (d. 1930)
1st » Hiệp Hòa, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1883)
8th » Jean Casimir-Perier, French politician, 6th President of France (d. 1907)
8th » Bram Stoker, Irish-English author (d. 1912)
16th » Edmund James Flynn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Premier of Quebec (d. 1927)
26th » Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) or Maria Fyodorovna, Danish wife of Alexander III of Russia (d. 1928)
30th » Afonso Pena, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 6th President of Brazil (d. 1909)
Famous Deaths for November 1847
29th » Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (b. 1802)