The following lists events that happened during

1847 Events January–March * January 4 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the U.S. government. * January 13 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends fighting in the Mexican–American War in California. * January 16 – John C. Frémont ...

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

Events

July

* July 5 – The constitutional convention, which would produce the 1847 Liberian constitution was well as the Liberian Declaration of Independence, first convenes. * July 26 – The

Liberian Declaration of Independence The Liberian Declaration of Independence is a document adopted by the Liberian Constitutional Convention on 26 July 1847, to announce that the Commonwealth of Liberia, a colony founded and controlled by the private American Colonization Society, ...

is approved, founding the Republic of Liberia as an independent nation.Dunn; Beyan; Burrowes; ''Historical Dictionary of Liberia'', pp. 85. * July 28 – The Liberian constitution is approved by the constitutional convention.

August

* August 24 – The

flag of Liberia The flag of Liberia or the Liberian flag, sometimes called the Lone Star, bears a close resemblance to the flag of the United States, representing Liberia's founding by former black slaves from the United States and the Caribbean. They are bot ...

, created by a committee of Liberian women headed by Susannah Elizabeth Lewis, is adopted.

September

* September 27 – Liberian constitution is approved by voters in the

constitutional referendum A referendum (plural: referendums or less commonly referenda) is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue. This is in contrast to an issue being voted on by a representative. This may result in the adoption of a ...

October

* October 5 – Liberian general election, 1847

Deaths

* ''Full date unknown'' – John B. Gripon, signatory of the Liberian Declaration of Independence, (b. 1809 in the United States)Dunn; Beyan; Burrowes; ''Historical Dictionary of Liberia'', pp. 155.

References

Years of the 19th century in Liberia

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