1847

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1847 was 24 years before the founding of the City of Birmingham and the 28th year of Alabama statehood.

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In 1847, the Mexican-American War and Great Irish Famine continued. Samuel Colt sold his first revolver pistol to the U.S government. The American Medical Association was founded. The first official U.S. postage stamps were issued. Brigham Young and a group of Mormon pioneers arrived at Salt Lake Valley. Charlotte Brontë published Jane Eyre under the pen name of Currer Bell while her sisters, Emily and Anne, published Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey, respectively, in one volume under the pen names of Ellis Bell and Acton Bell.

Notable births in 1847 included inventor Thomas Edison, inventor Alexander Graham Bell, publisher Joseph Pulitzer, pathologist Paul Langerhans, and outlaw Jesse James. Notable deaths included paleontologist Mary Anning and composer Felix Mendelssohn.

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