Page 4: Historical Events In 1842

Aug 30   Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer in the year 1842.   

Aug 31   In the year 1842 micah Rugg patents a nuts & bolts machine   

Aug 31   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

Sep 07   In the year 1842 john H Zuckertort, German chess player   

Sep 10   On this day in history letitia Tyler, Pres Tyler's (1841-45) wife, dies at 51   

Sep 13   On this day in history odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer   

Sep 15   Pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist/composer, dies at 70 in the year 1842.   

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

Sep 20   James Dewar, Scottish chemist/physicist (Dewarfles/cordiet) in the year 1842.   

Sep 23   In the year 1842 karl Munzinger, composer   

Oct 01   Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet (Le Hareng Saur) in the year 1842.   

Oct 02   In the year 1842 jose Mariano Elizaga, composer, dies at 56   

Oct 08   In the year 1842 christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68   

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   On this day in history giovanni Giolitti, 5x premier of Italy (1892..1921)   

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 in the year 1842.   

Nov 04   William Barker Cushing, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1874 on this day in history.   

Nov 08   Belgium King Leopold I proclaims child labor laws (for 1889) on this day in history.   

Nov 14   In the year 1842 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   In the year 1842 joseph Rastrelli, composer, dies at 43   

Nov 17   In the year 1842 fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston   

Nov 22   Anna S Barbiers, actress (Uncle Tom) on this day in history.   

Nov 22   Mount St Helens in Washington, erupts on this day in history.   

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   The University of Notre Dame is founded in the year 1842.   

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Jan 02   In the year 1842 birth of amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist   

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   Johan Lindegren, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   William James, US, psychologist/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of francois Coppee, French poet   

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

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925)   

Jan 08   On this day in history pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71   

Jan 16   Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies in the year 1842.   

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

Feb 21   Wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1842.   

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   In the year 1842 death of henry Shrapnel, British soldier and inventor (b. 1761)   

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