Page 4: Historical Events In 1842

Aug 30   Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 31   Micah Rugg patents a nuts & bolts machine in the year 1842.   

Aug 31   US Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress in the year 1842.   

Sep 04   Work on Koln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus on this day in history.   

Sep 04   On this day in history work on K”ln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus   

Sep 05   Louis F J Bouwmeester, Dutch actor (Shakespeare) in the year 1842.   

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 in the year 1842.   

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

Sep 20   James Dewar, Scottish chemist/physicist (Dewarfles/cordiet) on this day in history.   

Sep 23   In the year 1842 karl Munzinger, composer   

Oct 01   Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet (Le Hareng Saur) in the year 1842.   

Oct 02   Jose Mariano Elizaga, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Oct 08   In the year 1842 christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68   

Oct 08   In the year 1842 princess Sophia weds her cousin duke Charles Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach   

Oct 15   Karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung in the year 1842.   

Oct 24   In the year 1842 josef Nesvera, composer   

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

Oct 28   On this day in history anna Elizabeth Dickinson, orator (Joan of Arc of the Civil War)   

Nov 02   Otto Reubke, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 04   On this day in history abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill   

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

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

Nov 14   Henry de Cock, reform vicar, dies at 41 in the year 1842.   

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

Nov 15   Joseph Rastrelli, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

Nov 17   Fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston on this day in history.   

Nov 22   On this day in history anna S Barbiers, actress (Uncle Tom)   

Nov 22   Mount St Helens in Washington, erupts on this day in history.   

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

Nov 24   In the year 1842 pehr Frigel, composer, dies at 92   

Nov 26   The University of Notre Dame is founded in the year 1842.   

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Jan 02   Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 07   In the year 1842 birth of johan Lindegren, composer   

Jan 11   In the year 1842 birth of william James, US, psychologist/philosopher   

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   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   Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

Mar 07   In the year 1842 christian Theodor Weinlig, composer, dies at 61   

Mar 13   Henry Shrapnel, British soldier and inventor (b. 1761) died on this day in history.   

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