Timeline January 1847

Events in January 1847 2

• 1847 Irish Famine at its worst: Black '47 The deadliest year of the Great Famine in Ireland Mass starvation and disease, especially typhus, killed vast numbers across Ireland in what became known as Black '47. Soup kitchens opened under the Temporary Relief Act in the spring. Hundreds of thousands emigrated, many dying on crowded coffin ships.
• 1847 Cahuenga Capitulation Californio forces surrender to John C. Frémont Andrés Pico signed the Treaty of Cahuenga with John C. Frémont near Los Angeles, ending hostilities in Alta California. It marked the effective end of the Mexican-American War's California campaign.