Historical Events In 1842
Sunday, 02 April 2023
May 22 On this day in history farmers Lester Howe and Henry Wetsel discover Howe Caverns when they stumble upon a large gaping hole in the ground.
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 on this day in history.
May 30 In the year 1842 john Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria
Jun 02 Constantly AM Cap, Flemish poet/etcher in the year 1842.
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 Rikard Nordraak, composer in the year 1842.
Jun 16 Natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die in the year 1842.
Jun 19 In the year 1842 carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer
Jun 20 Michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1842.
Jun 24 Ambrose Bierce, US, satirist (Devil's Dictionary) in the year 1842.
Jun 29 Josef Labor, composer on this day in history.
Jul 04 On this day in history first test of electrically operated underwater torpedo sinks gunboat Boxer
Jul 04 Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria, sociologist/judge/fieldmarshal on this day in history.
Jul 09 Notary Stamp Law passes on this day in history.
Jul 24 Ambrose Bierce, Ohio, writer (Nuggets & Dust) in the year 1842.
Jul 24 John Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies in the year 1842.
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 US-Canada border defined in the year 1842.
Aug 09 On this day in history uS-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Aug 14 Henry Duff Trail, journalist/author in the year 1842.
Aug 14 Seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma on this day in history.
Aug 20 In the year 1842 juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter
Aug 21 The city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded in the year 1842.
Aug 24 Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market) in the year 1842.
Aug 25 Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.
Aug 26 Heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie) on this day in history.
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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