Page 5: Historical Events In 1842

Dec 01   Philip Spencer, 1st US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged.   

Dec 03   Ellen Henrietta Richards, US, chemist (Amer Home Eco Assn-1st Pres)   

Dec 05   MJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancers, dies at 82   

Dec 07   New York Philharmonic's inaugural concert   

Dec 07   NY Philharmonic's 1st concert.   

Dec 07   Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist (schedelmetingen)   

Dec 09   Pjotr A Kopotkin, Russian ruler/anarchist.   

Dec 09   St M Glinka's opera "Russlan Ludmilla," premieres in Petersburg.   

Dec 15   Henry Gadsby, composer.   

Dec 17   Marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician (continous groups)   

Dec 19   US recognizes independence of Hawaii   

Dec 22   Jose Maria de Heredia, Cuba, French sonnet poet   

Dec 25   Bedrich Divis Weber, composer, dies at 76   

Dec 28   Calixa Lavallee, composer.   

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Jan 02   Amy g c a bonet-maury: French reformed theologist   

Jan 04   Frederic t. greenhalge: 38th governor of massachusetts    

Jan 06   Clarence king: Mining engineer (geologist)   

Jan 07   Johan lindegren: Composer   

Jan 11   William james: Us, psychologist/philosopher   

Jan 12   Francois coppee: French poet   

Jan 15   Blessed mary mckillop: Australian candidate for sainthood   

Jan 15   Josef breuer: Austrian psychologist    

Jan 08   Pierre: Earl the cambronne, fren general (waterloo, elba),   

Jan 16   Thomas freanby: Norwegian landscape painter,    

Feb 18   Thomas hazlehurst: English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1779)   

Feb 21   Wojciech zywny: Composer,   

Mar 06   Constanze mozart: Wife of w.a. mozart (b. 1763)   

Mar 07   Christian theodor weinlig: Composer,   

Mar 13   Henry shrapnel: British soldier and inventor (b. 1761)   

Mar 15   Maria luigi c z s cherubini: Italian composer (