Historical Events In 1842

Aug 30   On this day in history victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer   

Aug 31   Micah Rugg patents a nuts & bolts machine in the year 1842.   

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

Sep 04   In the year 1842 work on Koln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus   

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   In the year 1842 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   On this day in history pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist/composer, dies at 70   

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

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

Sep 23   On this day in history karl Munzinger, composer   

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

Oct 02   On this day in history jose Mariano Elizaga, composer, dies at 56   

Oct 08   On this day in history christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68   

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   On this day in history josef Nesvera, composer   

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   In the year 1842 william Barker Cushing, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1874   

Nov 08   On this day in history belgium King Leopold I proclaims child labor laws (for 1889)   

Nov 14   In the year 1842 henry de Cock, reform vicar, dies at 41   

Nov 14   Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War (d 1959) on this day in history.   

Nov 15   Joseph Rastrelli, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1842 james Lillywhite Jr, cricketer (1st England Test captain)   

Nov 24   In the year 1842 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   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   In the year 1842 birth of johan Lindegren, composer   

Jan 11   In the year 1842 birth of william James, US, psychologist/philosopher   

Jan 12   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85   

Mar 06   Constanze Mozart, wife of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763) died on this day in history.   

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