1847

Summary

1847 (MDCCCXLVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1847th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 847th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 19th century, and the 8th year of the 1840s decade. As of the start of 1847, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
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1847 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1847
MDCCCXLVII
Ab urbe condita2600
Armenian calendar1296
ԹՎ ՌՄՂԶ
Assyrian calendar6597
Baháʼí calendar3–4
Balinese saka calendar1768–1769
Bengali calendar1254
Berber calendar2797
British Regnal year10 Vict. 1 – 11 Vict. 1
Buddhist calendar2391
Burmese calendar1209
Byzantine calendar7355–7356
Chinese calendar丙午年 (Fire Horse)
4544 or 4337
    — to —
丁未年 (Fire Goat)
4545 or 4338
Coptic calendar1563–1564
Discordian calendar3013
Ethiopian calendar1839–1840
Hebrew calendar5607–5608
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1903–1904
 - Shaka Samvat1768–1769
 - Kali Yuga4947–4948
Holocene calendar11847
Igbo calendar847–848
Iranian calendar1225–1226
Islamic calendar1263–1264
Japanese calendarKōka 4
(弘化4年)
Javanese calendar1774–1775
Julian calendarGregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar4180
Minguo calendar65 before ROC
民前65年
Nanakshahi calendar379
Thai solar calendar2389–2390
Tibetan calendar阳火马年
(male Fire-Horse)
1973 or 1592 or 820
    — to —
阴火羊年
(female Fire-Goat)
1974 or 1593 or 821

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Paul von Hindenburg
 
Bram Stoker

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Thomas F. Porter
 
Maria Pia of Savoy

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Fanny Mendelssohn

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Felix Mendelssohn

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  • Historic Letters of 1847
  • Turtle Bunbury, 1847 – A Chronicle of Genius, Generosity & Savagery, Gill, 2016. ISBN 9780717168347