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   In the year 1842 uS Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress  

Sep 04   Work on Koln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus in the year 1842.  

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

Sep 05   In the year 1842 louis F J Bouwmeester, Dutch actor (Shakespeare)  

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

Sep 10   On this day in history letitia Tyler, Pres Tyler's (1841-45) wife, dies at 51  

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

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

Sep 23   In the year 1842 karl Munzinger, composer  

Oct 01   In the year 1842 charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet (Le Hareng Saur)  

Oct 02   In the year 1842 jose Mariano Elizaga, composer, dies at 56  

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

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

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

Oct 24   Josef Nesvera, composer in the year 1842.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 08   Belgium King Leopold I proclaims child labor laws (for 1889) on this day in history.  

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   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   Anna S Barbiers, actress (Uncle Tom) on this day in history.  

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

Nov 23   James Lillywhite Jr, cricketer (1st England Test captain) on this day in history.  

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

Nov 26   The University of Notre Dame is founded on this day in history.  

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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   On this day in history birth of clarence King, mining engineer (geologist)  

Jan 07   Johan Lindegren, composer was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Mar 06   In the year 1842 death of constanze Mozart, wife of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763)  

Mar 07   Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Mar 13   In the year 1842 death of henry Shrapnel, British soldier and inventor (b. 1761)  

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