Historical Events In 1842

May 22   Farmers Lester Howe and Henry Wetsel discover Howe Caverns when they stumble upon a large gaping hole in the ground on this day in history.  

May 23   Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34 in the year 1842.  

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

May 30   On this day in history john Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria  

Jun 02   Constantly AM Cap, Flemish poet/etcher on this day in history.  

Jun 06   James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor (Amer Acad of Dramatic Art) on this day in history.  

Jun 11   In the year 1842 alfred, Liechtenstein noble/politician  

Jun 12   On this day in history rikard Nordraak, composer  

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

Jun 19   In the year 1842 carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer  

Jun 20   Michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Jun 24   Ambrose Bierce, US, satirist (Devil's Dictionary) on this day in history.  

Jun 29   On this day in history josef Labor, composer  

Jul 04   First test of electrically operated underwater torpedo sinks gunboat Boxer in the year 1842.  

Jul 04   On this day in history gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria, sociologist/judge/fieldmarshal  

Jul 09   In the year 1842 notary Stamp Law passes  

Jul 24   Ambrose Bierce, Ohio, writer (Nuggets & Dust) on this day in history.  

Jul 24   John Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.  

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

Jul 28   In the year 1842 c Brentano, writer, dies at 63  

Aug 01   On this day in history rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens  

Aug 09   US-Canada border defined in the year 1842.  

Aug 09   US-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty on this day in history.  

Aug 14   Henry Duff Trail, journalist/author in the year 1842.  

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   The city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded in the year 1842.  

Aug 24   In the year 1842 edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market)  

Aug 25   In the year 1842 jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer, dies at 80  

Aug 26   In the year 1842 heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie)  

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   On this day in history gr Britain & China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war  

Aug 29   Treay Of Nanking, ceeding Hong Kong to Britain on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 06   In the year 1842 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   Francois Coppee, French poet was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 15   Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925) was born in the year 1842.  

Jan 08   Pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Jan 16   Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies in the year 1842.  

Feb 18   In the year 1842 death of thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1779)  

Feb 21   In the year 1842 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   Henry Shrapnel, British soldier and inventor (b. 1761) died on this day in history.  

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