Page 3: Historical Events In 1842

May 22   In the year 1842 farmers Lester Howe and Henry Wetsel discover Howe Caverns when they stumble upon a large gaping hole in the ground.   

May 23   On this day in history jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34   

May 30   In the year 1842 assassination attempt made on Queen Victoria   

May 30   In the year 1842 john Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria   

Jun 02   On this day in history constantly AM Cap, Flemish poet/etcher   

Jun 06   On this day in history james Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor (Amer Acad of Dramatic Art)   

Jun 11   Alfred, Liechtenstein noble/politician in the year 1842.   

Jun 12   Rikard Nordraak, composer in the year 1842.   

Jun 16   In the year 1842 natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die   

Jun 19   Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer in the year 1842.   

Jun 20   On this day in history michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60   

Jun 24   In the year 1842 ambrose Bierce, US, satirist (Devil's Dictionary)   

Jun 29   In the year 1842 josef Labor, composer   

Jul 04   First test of electrically operated underwater torpedo sinks gunboat Boxer on this day in history.   

Jul 04   Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria, sociologist/judge/fieldmarshal on this day in history.   

Jul 09   Notary Stamp Law passes in the year 1842.   

Jul 24   In the year 1842 ambrose Bierce, Ohio, writer (Nuggets & Dust)   

Jul 24   On this day in history john Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies   

Jul 26   Alfred Marshall, London, economist in the year 1842.   

Jul 28   C Brentano, writer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Aug 01   Rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens in the year 1842.   

Aug 09   In the year 1842 uS-Canada border defined   

Aug 09   On this day in history uS-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty   

Aug 14   In the year 1842 henry Duff Trail, journalist/author   

Aug 14   In the year 1842 seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma   

Aug 20   On this day in history juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter   

Aug 21   In the year 1842 the city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded.   

Aug 24   Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market) on this day in history.   

Aug 25   Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Aug 26   Heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie) in the year 1842.   

Aug 28   Willem Linnig jr, Flemish painter/graphic artist on this day in history.   

Aug 29   In the year 1842 alfred Shaw, cricketer (pioneering England Test bowler)   

Aug 29   In the year 1842 gr Britain & China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war   

Aug 29   Treay Of Nanking, ceeding Hong Kong to Britain in the year 1842.   

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

Jan 04   Frederic T. Greenhalge, 38th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born in the year 1842.   

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

Jan 07   In the year 1842 birth of johan Lindegren, composer   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of william James, US, psychologist/philosopher   

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

Jan 15   Blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood (d. 1909) was born in the year 1842.   

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

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   In the year 1842 death of constanze Mozart, wife of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763)   

Mar 07   In the year 1842 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