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 in the year 1842.   

Aug 31   On this day in history uS Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress   

Sep 04   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1842.   

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

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

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

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

Oct 01   On this day in history charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet (Le Hareng Saur)   

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

Oct 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1842 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) on this day in history.   

Oct 28   Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, orator (Joan of Arc of the Civil War) in the year 1842.   

Nov 02   In the year 1842 otto Reubke, composer   

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) on this day in history.   

Nov 14   Henry de Cock, reform vicar, dies at 41 in the year 1842.   

Nov 14   Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War (d 1959) on this day in history.   

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

Nov 22   On this day in history mount St Helens in Washington, erupts   

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

Nov 24   On this day in history pehr Frigel, composer, dies at 92   

Nov 26   In the year 1842 the University of Notre Dame is founded.   

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Jan 02   Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of johan Lindegren, composer   

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

Jan 12   Francois Coppee, French poet was born on this day in history.   

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood (d. 1909)   

Jan 15   Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925) was born in the year 1842.   

Jan 08   Pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Jan 16   In the year 1842 thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies   

Feb 18   Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1779) died on this day in history.   

Feb 21   On this day in history wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85   

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   Henry Shrapnel, British soldier and inventor (b. 1761) died on this day in history.   

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