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   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   John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria in the year 1842.   

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   Alfred, Liechtenstein noble/politician on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer   

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

Jun 24   On this day in history 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   In the year 1842 gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria, sociologist/judge/fieldmarshal   

Jul 09   Notary Stamp Law passes on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history alfred Marshall, London, economist   

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

Aug 01   In the year 1842 rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens   

Aug 09   US-Canada border defined on this day in history.   

Aug 09   In the year 1842 uS-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty   

Aug 14   On this day in history henry Duff Trail, journalist/author   

Aug 14   On this day in history seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma   

Aug 20   Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter on this day in history.   

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

Aug 24   Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market) in the year 1842.   

Aug 25   Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1842.   

Aug 26   On this day in history heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie)   

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

Aug 29   Alfred Shaw, cricketer (pioneering England Test bowler) in the year 1842.   

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   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   On this day in history birth of johan Lindegren, composer   

Jan 11   William James, US, psychologist/philosopher was born in the year 1842.   

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

Feb 21   Wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Mar 06   Constanze Mozart, wife of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763) died on this day in history.   

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

Mar 13   Henry Shrapnel, British soldier and inventor (b. 1761) died in the year 1842.   

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