Page 3: Historical Events In 1842
Friday, 21 March 2025
May 22 In the year 1842 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 in the year 1842.
May 30 Assassination attempt made on Queen Victoria in the year 1842.
May 30 John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria on this day in history.
Jun 02 Constantly AM Cap, Flemish poet/etcher in the year 1842.
Jun 06 In the year 1842 james Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor (Amer Acad of Dramatic Art)
Jun 11 Alfred, Liechtenstein noble/politician on this day in history.
Jun 12 In the year 1842 rikard Nordraak, composer
Jun 16 Natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die on this day in history.
Jun 19 Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer in the year 1842.
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 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 Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria, sociologist/judge/fieldmarshal on this day in history.
Jul 09 In the year 1842 notary Stamp Law passes
Jul 24 On this day in history 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 C Brentano, writer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
Aug 01 On this day in history rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens
Aug 09 On this day in history uS-Canada border defined
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 Seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma in the year 1842.
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 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 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 Alfred Shaw, cricketer (pioneering England Test bowler) on this day in history.
Aug 29 On this day in history gr Britain & China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war
Aug 29 On this day in history treay Of Nanking, ceeding Hong Kong to Britain
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