Page 4: Historical Events In 1842

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

Aug 31   Micah Rugg patents a nuts & bolts machine on this day in history.   

Aug 31   US Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress in the year 1842.   

Sep 04   Work on Koln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus in the year 1842.   

Sep 04   In the year 1842 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   In the year 1842 odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer   

Sep 15   On this day in history pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist/composer, dies at 70   

Sep 18   On this day in history 1st edition of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published   

Sep 20   James Dewar, Scottish chemist/physicist (Dewarfles/cordiet) on this day in history.   

Sep 23   In the year 1842 karl Munzinger, composer   

Oct 01   In the year 1842 charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet (Le Hareng Saur)   

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

Oct 08   Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1842.   

Oct 08   Princess Sophia weds her cousin duke Charles Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach in the year 1842.   

Oct 15   Karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung on this day in history.   

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

Nov 02   On this day in history otto Reubke, composer   

Nov 04   On this day in history abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill   

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   Henry de Cock, reform vicar, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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   Fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston in the year 1842.   

Nov 22   In the year 1842 anna S Barbiers, actress (Uncle Tom)   

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   The University of Notre Dame is founded on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 06   Clarence King, mining engineer (geologist) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1842 birth of johan Lindegren, composer   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 16   In the year 1842 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   In the year 1842 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