Historical Events In 1842

Jan 01   In the year 1842 1st illustrated weekly magazine in US publishes 1st issue, NYC  

Jan 02   1st US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1842 first US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Pennsylvania  

Jan 06   On this day in history 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India  

Jan 06   On this day in history 4,500 British &Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India  

Jan 06   In the year 1842 clarence King, mining engineer (geologist)  

Jan 07   Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Stabat Mater" premieres in Paris in the year 1842.  

Jan 07   Johan Lindegren, composer in the year 1842.  

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 in the year 1842.  

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   In the year 1842 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.  

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

Jan 17   Anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman Philology in Netherlands) on this day in history.  

Jan 22   On this day in history charles Henri Marechal, composer  

Jan 31   In the year 1842 john Tyler's daughter Elizabeth marries in the White House  

Jan 31   John Tyler's daughter Elizabeth marries in White House in the year 1842.  

Feb 03   On this day in history sidney Clopton Lanier, US, composer/poet (Hall of Fame)  

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   On this day in history 1st adhesive postage stamps in US (private delivery company), NYC  

Feb 15   In the year 1842 postage stamps with adhesive on the back are sold for the first time at the New York City post office.  

Feb 21   On this day in history 1st known sewing machine patented in US, John Greenough, Wash DC  

Feb 21   First known sewing machine patented in US, John Greenough, Washington DC on this day in history.  

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

Feb 22   In the year 1842 carl Rosa, Hamburg Germany, founder (Rosa opera company)  

Feb 24   On this day in history arrigio Enrico Boito, composer  

Feb 25   Karl May, German writer (Old Shatterhand/Winnetou) on this day in history.  

Feb 26   On this day in history camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy  

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Jan 02   Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist was born in the year 1842.  

Jan 04   In the year 1842 birth of frederic T. Greenhalge, 38th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)  

Jan 06   Clarence King, mining engineer (geologist) was born in the year 1842.  

Jan 07   Johan Lindegren, composer was born in the year 1842.  

Jan 11   In the year 1842 birth of william James, US, psychologist/philosopher  

Jan 12   In the year 1842 birth of francois Coppee, French poet  

Jan 15   In the year 1842 birth of blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood (d. 1909)  

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925)  

Jan 08   Pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71 in the year 1842.  

Jan 16   In the year 1842 thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies  

Feb 18   Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1779) died in the year 1842.  

Feb 21   On this day in history wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85  

Mar 06   On this day in history death of constanze Mozart, wife of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763)  

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

Mar 13   On this day in history death of henry Shrapnel, British soldier and inventor (b. 1761)  

Mar 15   On this day in history maria Luigi C Z S Cherubini, Italian composer (Dies Irae), dies at 81