May 21, 2025
In 1847, the enlightened Abdülmecid, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, enjoyed a series of private piano performances by Franz Liszt, contributed generously to Irish famine relief, and green-lighted the laying down of Morse’s electrical telegraph, which he had test-run by...
Feb 12, 2025
In 1847, Brigham Young lead the Mormon exodus to the promised land of the Salt Lake Valley while the Mormon Battalion embarked upon the longest military march in US history. This story also looks at Sam Brannan, founder of the California Star newspaper, and the early...
Dec 22, 2024
Tracing the history of Cartier, the global luxury brand, from its foundation in 1847 in Paris through its royal connections and innovative wristwatch created for aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, ahead of a major 2025 exhibition at the V & A Museum in London. Become...
Dec 22, 2024
See here for more stories from the remarkable year of 1847. Clerkenwell, East London, Christmas Day, 1847 In centuries to come, the legend would circulate of how the young London confectioner had sat by his fireside ruminating on how to sell more of his...
Jan 28, 2024
Return to 1847 Contents Guayaquil, Ecuador, Monday 2 August 1847 The mission must be conducted with absolute secrecy. That was the essence of the instructions from Rear Admiral Sir George Seymour, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy’s Pacific Station. Or, more...
