Page 4: Historical Events In 1842
Friday, 21 March 2025
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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