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 |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1810s 1820s 1830s – 1840s – 1850s 1860s 1870s |
| Years: | 1844 1845 1846 – 1847 – 1848 1849 1850 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1847 MDCCCXLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2600 |
| Armenian calendar | 1296 ԹՎ ՌՄՂԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6597 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 3–4 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1768–1769 |
| Bengali calendar | 1254 |
| Berber calendar | 2797 |
| British Regnal year | 10 Vict. 1 – 11 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2391 |
| Burmese calendar | 1209 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7355–7356 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 4543 or 4483 — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 4544 or 4484 |
| Coptic calendar | 1563–1564 |
| Discordian calendar | 3013 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1839–1840 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5607–5608 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1903–1904 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1768–1769 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4947–4948 |
| Holocene calendar | 11847 |
| Igbo calendar | 847–848 |
| Iranian calendar | 1225–1226 |
| Islamic calendar | 1263–1264 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōka 4 (弘化４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1774–1775 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4180 |
| Minguo calendar | 65 before ROC 民前65年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 379 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2389–2390 |
| 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 |
Events
change- The book Wuthering Heights is published
- February 22 – The Battle of Buena Vista in the Mexican–American War
- March 29 – Veracruz is taken by General Winfield Scott
- May 7 – The American Medical Association is founded
- July 24 – The Mormon pioneers under Brigham Young arrive in Salt Lake City to begin settling Utah.
- July 26 – Liberia becomes a country