Page 3: 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 in the year 1842.   

May 23   Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

May 30   Assassination attempt made on Queen Victoria in the year 1842.   

May 30   In the year 1842 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) in the year 1842.   

Jun 11   On this day in history alfred, Liechtenstein noble/politician   

Jun 12   On this day in history rikard Nordraak, composer   

Jun 16   On this day in history natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die   

Jun 19   Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

Jun 29   Josef Labor, composer on this day in history.   

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

Jul 04   In the year 1842 gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria, sociologist/judge/fieldmarshal   

Jul 09   In the year 1842 notary Stamp Law passes   

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1842.   

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   In the year 1842 juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter   

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

Aug 24   On this day in history edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market)   

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

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

Aug 28   In the year 1842 willem Linnig jr, Flemish painter/graphic artist   

Aug 29   Alfred Shaw, cricketer (pioneering England Test bowler) on this day in history.   

Aug 29   Gr Britain & China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 04   Frederic T. Greenhalge, 38th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.   

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   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   Blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood (d. 1909) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   In the year 1842 pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71   

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

Feb 18   Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1779) died on this day in history.   

Feb 21   In the year 1842 wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85   

Mar 06   In the year 1842 death of constanze Mozart, wife of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763)   

Mar 07   Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1842.   

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

Mar 15   In the year 1842 maria Luigi C Z S Cherubini, Italian composer (Dies Irae), dies at 81