Page 3: Historical Events In 1842

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

May 23   Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1842.   

Jun 06   James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor (Amer Acad of Dramatic Art) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 12   Rikard Nordraak, composer in the year 1842.   

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

Jun 19   On this day in history carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer   

Jun 20   Michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Jun 24   In the year 1842 ambrose Bierce, US, satirist (Devil's Dictionary)   

Jun 29   Josef Labor, composer in the year 1842.   

Jul 04   First test of electrically operated underwater torpedo sinks gunboat Boxer on this day in history.   

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

Jul 09   Notary Stamp Law passes in the year 1842.   

Jul 24   In the year 1842 ambrose Bierce, Ohio, writer (Nuggets & Dust)   

Jul 24   In the year 1842 john Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies   

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

Jul 28   C Brentano, writer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Aug 01   On this day in history rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens   

Aug 09   In the year 1842 uS-Canada border defined   

Aug 09   In the year 1842 uS-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty   

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

Aug 14   Seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma on this day in history.   

Aug 20   On this day in history juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter   

Aug 21   The city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded on this day in history.   

Aug 24   Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market) on this day in history.   

Aug 25   Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1842.   

Aug 26   Heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie) in the year 1842.   

Aug 28   In the year 1842 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   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   Clarence King, mining engineer (geologist) was born in the year 1842.   

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

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   Blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood (d. 1909) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1842 death of thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1779)   

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   On this day in history christian Theodor Weinlig, composer, dies at 61   

Mar 13   Henry Shrapnel, British soldier and inventor (b. 1761) died in the year 1842.   

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