Historical Events In 1842

Aug 30   Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer on this day in history.   

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

Aug 31   US Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress on this day in history.   

Sep 04   Work on Koln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus on this day in history.   

Sep 04   In the year 1842 work on K”ln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus   

Sep 05   In the year 1842 louis F J Bouwmeester, Dutch actor (Shakespeare)   

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

Sep 10   Letitia Tyler, Pres Tyler's (1841-45) wife, dies at 51 in the year 1842.   

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

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

Sep 23   On this day in history karl Munzinger, composer   

Oct 01   On this day in history charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet (Le Hareng Saur)   

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

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 in the year 1842.   

Oct 24   On this day in history josef Nesvera, composer   

Oct 27   Giovanni Giolitti, 5x premier of Italy (1892..1921) in the year 1842.   

Oct 28   In the year 1842 anna Elizabeth Dickinson, orator (Joan of Arc of the Civil War)   

Nov 02   Otto Reubke, composer on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1842.   

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   Joseph Rastrelli, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1842.   

Nov 17   Fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston on this day in history.   

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

Nov 22   Mount St Helens in Washington, erupts in the year 1842.   

Nov 23   On this day in history james Lillywhite Jr, cricketer (1st England Test captain)   

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   In the year 1842 birth of frederic T. Greenhalge, 38th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of clarence King, mining engineer (geologist)   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of johan Lindegren, composer   

Jan 11   William James, US, psychologist/philosopher was born in the year 1842.   

Jan 12   Francois Coppee, French poet was born in the year 1842.   

Jan 15   Blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood (d. 1909) was born in the year 1842.   

Jan 15   Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925) was born in the year 1842.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 18   In the year 1842 death of thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1779)   

Feb 21   Wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Mar 06   Constanze Mozart, wife of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763) died in the year 1842.   

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 on this day in history.   

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