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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1842.   

Jun 12   Rikard Nordraak, composer on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1842.   

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

Jun 29   Josef Labor, composer in the year 1842.   

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 in the year 1842.   

Jul 09   On this day in history 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   In the year 1842 alfred Marshall, London, economist   

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   On this day in history uS-Canada border defined   

Aug 09   US-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty in the year 1842.   

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

Aug 14   Seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1842.   

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   In the year 1842 treay Of Nanking, ceeding Hong Kong to Britain   

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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 in the year 1842.   

Jan 06   In the year 1842 birth of clarence King, mining engineer (geologist)   

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood (d. 1909)   

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   On this day in history 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   Constanze Mozart, wife of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763) died in the year 1842.   

Mar 07   On this day in history christian Theodor Weinlig, composer, dies at 61   

Mar 13   In the year 1842 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