Page 4: Historical Events In 1842

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

Aug 31   Micah Rugg patents a nuts & bolts machine on this day in history.   

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

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

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 in the year 1842.   

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

Sep 13   On this day in history odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer   

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   On this day in history charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet (Le Hareng Saur)   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 15   Karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung on this day in history.   

Oct 24   Josef Nesvera, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

Nov 02   Otto Reubke, composer in the year 1842.   

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   Belgium King Leopold I proclaims child labor laws (for 1889) in the year 1842.   

Nov 14   In the year 1842 henry de Cock, reform vicar, dies at 41   

Nov 14   In the year 1842 walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War (d 1959)   

Nov 15   Joseph Rastrelli, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1842.   

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

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

Nov 22   Mount St Helens in Washington, erupts in the year 1842.   

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

Nov 24   Pehr Frigel, composer, dies at 92 in the year 1842.   

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 in the year 1842.   

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   Johan Lindegren, composer was born in the year 1842.   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of william James, US, psychologist/philosopher   

Jan 12   In the year 1842 birth of francois Coppee, French poet   

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1842.   

Feb 21   Wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1842.   

Mar 06   On this day in history 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   In the year 1842 death of henry Shrapnel, British soldier and inventor (b. 1761)   

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