Historical Events In 1842
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Jan 01 1st illustrated weekly magazine in US publishes 1st issue, NYC in the year 1842.
Jan 02 On this day in history 1st US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn
Jan 02 Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist on this day in history.
Jan 02 In the year 1842 first US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Pennsylvania
Jan 06 On this day in history 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India
Jan 06 4,500 British &Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India in the year 1842.
Jan 06 In the year 1842 clarence King, mining engineer (geologist)
Jan 07 Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Stabat Mater" premieres in Paris on this day in history.
Jan 07 Johan Lindegren, composer on this day in history.
Jan 08 Dutch King Willem II charters Technical College Delft in the year 1842.
Jan 08 Pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71 in the year 1842.
Jan 11 William James, US, psychologist/philosopher on this day in history.
Jan 12 In the year 1842 franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherland Antilles
Jan 12 On this day in history franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherlands Antilles
Jan 12 On this day in history francois Coppee, French poet
Jan 13 Dr. William Brydon, a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad in the year 1842.
Jan 16 On this day in history thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies
Jan 17 In the year 1842 anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman Philology in Netherlands)
Jan 22 In the year 1842 charles Henri Marechal, composer
Jan 31 In the year 1842 john Tyler's daughter Elizabeth marries in the White House
Jan 31 On this day in history john Tyler's daughter Elizabeth marries in White House
Feb 03 Sidney Clopton Lanier, US, composer/poet (Hall of Fame) in the year 1842.
Feb 04 Georg Brandes, [Morris Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic in the year 1842.
Feb 07 Alexandre Ribit, premier (France) on this day in history.
Feb 07 Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien in the year 1842.
Feb 15 1st adhesive postage stamps in US (private delivery company), NYC in the year 1842.
Feb 15 Postage stamps with adhesive on the back are sold for the first time at the New York City post office in the year 1842.
Feb 21 On this day in history 1st known sewing machine patented in US, John Greenough, Wash DC
Feb 21 In the year 1842 first known sewing machine patented in US, John Greenough, Washington DC
Feb 21 Wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.
Feb 22 In the year 1842 carl Rosa, Hamburg Germany, founder (Rosa opera company)
Feb 24 On this day in history arrigio Enrico Boito, composer
Feb 25 Karl May, German writer (Old Shatterhand/Winnetou) on this day in history.
Feb 26 Camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy on this day in history.
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