What day of the week was April 16, 1847?

The day of the week April 16th, 1847 fell on was a Friday.

Hans Auer the Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (d. 1906) was born on 16 April in 1847.

The accidental shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand land wars.