Page 4: Historical Events In 1842

Aug 30   In the year 1842 victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer   

Aug 31   In the year 1842 micah Rugg patents a nuts & bolts machine   

Aug 31   In the year 1842 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   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   In the year 1842 odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer   

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

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

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

Sep 23   Karl Munzinger, composer on this day in history.   

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

Oct 02   Jose Mariano Elizaga, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1842.   

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   On this day in history karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung   

Oct 24   Josef Nesvera, composer in the year 1842.   

Oct 27   Giovanni Giolitti, 5x premier of Italy (1892..1921) in the year 1842.   

Oct 28   In the year 1842 anna Elizabeth Dickinson, orator (Joan of Arc of the Civil War)   

Nov 02   Otto Reubke, composer in the year 1842.   

Nov 04   Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill on this day in history.   

Nov 04   William Barker Cushing, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1874 on this day in history.   

Nov 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1842 walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War (d 1959)   

Nov 15   On this day in history joseph Rastrelli, composer, dies at 43   

Nov 17   In the year 1842 fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston   

Nov 22   On this day in history 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   The University of Notre Dame is founded in the year 1842.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   William James, US, psychologist/philosopher was born in the year 1842.   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of francois Coppee, French poet   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of constanze Mozart, wife of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763)   

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

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

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