Page 4: Historical Events In 1842

Aug 30   On this day in history victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer   

Aug 31   On this day in history micah Rugg patents a nuts & bolts machine   

Aug 31   On this day in history uS Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress   

Sep 04   In the year 1842 work on Koln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus   

Sep 04   In the year 1842 work on K”ln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus   

Sep 05   On this day in history louis F J Bouwmeester, Dutch actor (Shakespeare)   

Sep 07   John H Zuckertort, German chess player on this day in history.   

Sep 10   Letitia Tyler, Pres Tyler's (1841-45) wife, dies at 51 in the year 1842.   

Sep 13   Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer in the year 1842.   

Sep 15   Pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist/composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Sep 18   On this day in history 1st edition of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published   

Sep 20   On this day in history james Dewar, Scottish chemist/physicist (Dewarfles/cordiet)   

Sep 23   Karl Munzinger, composer in the year 1842.   

Oct 01   Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet (Le Hareng Saur) on this day in history.   

Oct 02   On this day in history jose Mariano Elizaga, composer, dies at 56   

Oct 08   Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1842.   

Oct 08   Princess Sophia weds her cousin duke Charles Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach in the year 1842.   

Oct 15   In the year 1842 karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung   

Oct 24   On this day in history josef Nesvera, composer   

Oct 27   On this day in history giovanni Giolitti, 5x premier of Italy (1892..1921)   

Oct 28   Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, orator (Joan of Arc of the Civil War) on this day in history.   

Nov 02   On this day in history otto Reubke, composer   

Nov 04   Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill in the year 1842.   

Nov 04   William Barker Cushing, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1874 in the year 1842.   

Nov 08   In the year 1842 belgium King Leopold I proclaims child labor laws (for 1889)   

Nov 14   On this day in history henry de Cock, reform vicar, dies at 41   

Nov 14   Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War (d 1959) on this day in history.   

Nov 15   In the year 1842 joseph Rastrelli, composer, dies at 43   

Nov 17   On this day in history fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston   

Nov 22   In the year 1842 anna S Barbiers, actress (Uncle Tom)   

Nov 22   In the year 1842 mount St Helens in Washington, erupts   

Nov 23   James Lillywhite Jr, cricketer (1st England Test captain) in the year 1842.   

Nov 24   Pehr Frigel, composer, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

Nov 26   On this day in history the University of Notre Dame is founded.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist   

Jan 04   In the year 1842 birth of frederic T. Greenhalge, 38th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)   

Jan 06   Clarence King, mining engineer (geologist) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1842 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 in the year 1842.   

Jan 15   In the year 1842 birth of blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood (d. 1909)   

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   Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies in the year 1842.   

Feb 18   On this day in history death of thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1779)   

Feb 21   On this day in history 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   In the year 1842 christian Theodor Weinlig, composer, dies at 61   

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

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