Historical Events In 1842

Aug 30   On this day in history victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer  

Aug 31   In the year 1842 micah Rugg patents a nuts & bolts machine  

Aug 31   In the year 1842 uS Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress  

Sep 04   On this day in history work on Koln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus  

Sep 04   Work on K”ln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus on this day in history.  

Sep 05   Louis F J Bouwmeester, Dutch actor (Shakespeare) in the year 1842.  

Sep 07   John H Zuckertort, German chess player in the year 1842.  

Sep 10   On this day in history letitia Tyler, Pres Tyler's (1841-45) wife, dies at 51  

Sep 13   Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 15   Pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist/composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Sep 18   1st edition of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published on this day in history.  

Sep 20   On this day in history james Dewar, Scottish chemist/physicist (Dewarfles/cordiet)  

Sep 23   Karl Munzinger, composer in the year 1842.  

Oct 01   In the year 1842 charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet (Le Hareng Saur)  

Oct 02   On this day in history jose Mariano Elizaga, composer, dies at 56  

Oct 08   Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1842.  

Oct 08   Princess Sophia weds her cousin duke Charles Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach in the year 1842.  

Oct 15   In the year 1842 karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung  

Oct 24   Josef Nesvera, composer in the year 1842.  

Oct 27   On this day in history giovanni Giolitti, 5x premier of Italy (1892..1921)  

Oct 28   On this day in history anna Elizabeth Dickinson, orator (Joan of Arc of the Civil War)  

Nov 02   In the year 1842 otto Reubke, composer  

Nov 04   Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill in the year 1842.  

Nov 04   In the year 1842 william Barker Cushing, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1874  

Nov 08   Belgium King Leopold I proclaims child labor laws (for 1889) in the year 1842.  

Nov 14   In the year 1842 henry de Cock, reform vicar, dies at 41  

Nov 14   In the year 1842 walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War (d 1959)  

Nov 15   Joseph Rastrelli, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

Nov 17   Fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston on this day in history.  

Nov 22   Anna S Barbiers, actress (Uncle Tom) on this day in history.  

Nov 22   Mount St Helens in Washington, erupts on this day in history.  

Nov 23   James Lillywhite Jr, cricketer (1st England Test captain) on this day in history.  

Nov 24   Pehr Frigel, composer, dies at 92 in the year 1842.  

Nov 26   The University of Notre Dame is founded on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of frederic T. Greenhalge, 38th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of clarence King, mining engineer (geologist)  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of johan Lindegren, composer  

Jan 11   William James, US, psychologist/philosopher was born in the year 1842.  

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of francois Coppee, French poet  

Jan 15   Blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood (d. 1909) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 15   In the year 1842 birth of josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925)  

Jan 08   In the year 1842 pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71  

Jan 16   Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 18   On this day in history death of thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1779)  

Feb 21   Wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Mar 06   Constanze Mozart, wife of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763) died on this day in history.  

Mar 07   On this day in history christian Theodor Weinlig, composer, dies at 61  

Mar 13   Henry Shrapnel, British soldier and inventor (b. 1761) died on this day in history.  

Mar 15   In the year 1842 maria Luigi C Z S Cherubini, Italian composer (Dies Irae), dies at 81