Historical Events In 1842
Friday, 19 August 2022
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 in the year 1842.
Jan 02 First US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Pennsylvania in the year 1842.
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) in the year 1842.
Jan 07 Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Stabat Mater" premieres in Paris on this day in history.
Jan 07 Johan Lindegren, composer on this day in history.
Jan 08 Dutch King Willem II charters Technical College Delft in the year 1842.
Jan 08 On this day in history pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71
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 Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherlands Antilles in the year 1842.
Jan 12 Francois Coppee, French poet in the year 1842.
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 On this day in history thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies
Jan 17 Anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman Philology in Netherlands) in the year 1842.
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 on this day in history.
Feb 03 Sidney Clopton Lanier, US, composer/poet (Hall of Fame) in the year 1842.
Feb 04 Georg Brandes, [Morris Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic in the year 1842.
Feb 07 Alexandre Ribit, premier (France) in the year 1842.
Feb 07 On this day in history 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 Postage stamps with adhesive on the back are sold for the first time at the New York City post office on this day in history.
Feb 21 On this day in history 1st known sewing machine patented in US, John Greenough, Wash DC
Feb 21 On this day in history first known sewing machine patented in US, John Greenough, Washington DC
Feb 21 Wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1842.
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 On this day in history karl May, German writer (Old Shatterhand/Winnetou)
Feb 26 In the year 1842 camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy
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