Page 3: Historical Events In 1842

May 22   On this day in history farmers Lester Howe and Henry Wetsel discover Howe Caverns when they stumble upon a large gaping hole in the ground.   

May 23   In the year 1842 jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34   

May 30   Assassination attempt made on Queen Victoria on this day in history.   

May 30   John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria in the year 1842.   

Jun 02   Constantly AM Cap, Flemish poet/etcher on this day in history.   

Jun 06   James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor (Amer Acad of Dramatic Art) in the year 1842.   

Jun 11   In the year 1842 alfred, Liechtenstein noble/politician   

Jun 12   In the year 1842 rikard Nordraak, composer   

Jun 16   Natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die on this day in history.   

Jun 19   Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 20   On this day in history michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60   

Jun 24   Ambrose Bierce, US, satirist (Devil's Dictionary) on this day in history.   

Jun 29   Josef Labor, composer in the year 1842.   

Jul 04   In the year 1842 first test of electrically operated underwater torpedo sinks gunboat Boxer   

Jul 04   Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria, sociologist/judge/fieldmarshal in the year 1842.   

Jul 09   In the year 1842 notary Stamp Law passes   

Jul 24   Ambrose Bierce, Ohio, writer (Nuggets & Dust) in the year 1842.   

Jul 24   On this day in history john Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies   

Jul 26   Alfred Marshall, London, economist in the year 1842.   

Jul 28   C Brentano, writer, dies at 63 in the year 1842.   

Aug 01   In the year 1842 rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens   

Aug 09   On this day in history uS-Canada border defined   

Aug 09   US-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty on this day in history.   

Aug 14   Henry Duff Trail, journalist/author on this day in history.   

Aug 14   On this day in history seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma   

Aug 20   In the year 1842 juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter   

Aug 21   On this day in history the city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded.   

Aug 24   On this day in history edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market)   

Aug 25   Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Aug 26   On this day in history heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie)   

Aug 28   On this day in history willem Linnig jr, Flemish painter/graphic artist   

Aug 29   Alfred Shaw, cricketer (pioneering England Test bowler) in the year 1842.   

Aug 29   In the year 1842 gr Britain & China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war   

Aug 29   Treay Of Nanking, ceeding Hong Kong to Britain on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   Frederic T. Greenhalge, 38th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born in the year 1842.   

Jan 06   In the year 1842 birth of clarence King, mining engineer (geologist)   

Jan 07   Johan Lindegren, composer was born in the year 1842.   

Jan 11   William James, US, psychologist/philosopher was born in the year 1842.   

Jan 12   In the year 1842 birth of francois Coppee, French poet   

Jan 15   In the year 1842 birth of blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood (d. 1909)   

Jan 15   In the year 1842 birth of josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925)   

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

Jan 16   Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 18   Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1779) died in the year 1842.   

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

Mar 06   On this day in history 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   Henry Shrapnel, British soldier and inventor (b. 1761) died on this day in history.   

Mar 15   Maria Luigi C Z S Cherubini, Italian composer (Dies Irae), dies at 81 in the year 1842.