Historical Events In 1842
Friday, 09 June 2023
Jan 01 On this day in history 1st illustrated weekly magazine in US publishes 1st issue, NYC
Jan 02 In the year 1842 1st US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn
Jan 02 Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist in the year 1842.
Jan 02 On this day in history first US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Pennsylvania
Jan 06 In the year 1842 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India
Jan 06 4,500 British &Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India on this day in history.
Jan 06 Clarence King, mining engineer (geologist) on this day in history.
Jan 07 Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Stabat Mater" premieres in Paris on this day in history.
Jan 07 In the year 1842 johan Lindegren, composer
Jan 08 Dutch King Willem II charters Technical College Delft in the year 1842.
Jan 08 Pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71 on this day in history.
Jan 11 William James, US, psychologist/philosopher on this day in history.
Jan 12 On this day in history franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherland Antilles
Jan 12 On this day in history franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherlands Antilles
Jan 12 In the year 1842 francois Coppee, French poet
Jan 13 Dr. William Brydon, a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad on this day in history.
Jan 16 In the year 1842 thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies
Jan 17 Anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman Philology in Netherlands) on this day in history.
Jan 22 In the year 1842 charles Henri Marechal, composer
Jan 31 John Tyler's daughter Elizabeth marries in the White House on this day in history.
Jan 31 John Tyler's daughter Elizabeth marries in White House in the year 1842.
Feb 03 Sidney Clopton Lanier, US, composer/poet (Hall of Fame) on this day in history.
Feb 04 Georg Brandes, [Morris Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic in the year 1842.
Feb 07 Alexandre Ribit, premier (France) on this day in history.
Feb 07 In the year 1842 battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
Feb 15 1st adhesive postage stamps in US (private delivery company), NYC in the year 1842.
Feb 15 Postage stamps with adhesive on the back are sold for the first time at the New York City post office in the year 1842.
Feb 21 1st known sewing machine patented in US, John Greenough, Wash DC in the year 1842.
Feb 21 In the year 1842 first known sewing machine patented in US, John Greenough, Washington DC
Feb 21 On this day in history wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85
Feb 22 On this day in history carl Rosa, Hamburg Germany, founder (Rosa opera company)
Feb 24 Arrigio Enrico Boito, composer on this day in history.
Feb 25 On this day in history karl May, German writer (Old Shatterhand/Winnetou)
Feb 26 On this day in history camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy
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