Historical Events In 1842

Aug 30   In the year 1842 victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer  

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

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   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 in the year 1842.  

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 on this day in history.  

Sep 15   In the year 1842 pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist/composer, dies at 70  

Sep 18   1st edition of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published in the year 1842.  

Sep 20   In the year 1842 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   Jose Mariano Elizaga, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

Oct 08   Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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   Josef Nesvera, composer on this day in history.  

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) in the year 1842.  

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

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

Nov 04   On this day in history william Barker Cushing, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1874  

Nov 08   On this day in history 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   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   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 on this day in history.  

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   Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist was born in the year 1842.  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   Johan Lindegren, composer was born in the year 1842.  

Jan 11   In the year 1842 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   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   On this day in history death of thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1779)  

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

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1842.