Notable Historical Events - 1842
1842 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
1st illustrated weekly magazine in US publishes 1st issue, NYC |
Jan 2 |
1st US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn |
Jan 6 |
4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India |
Jan 7 |
Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Stabat Mater" premieres in Paris |
Jan 8 |
Dutch King Willem II charters Technical College Delft |
Jan 12 |
Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherland Antilles |
Jan 13 |
Dr. William Brydon, a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for (reputedly) being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad. |
Feb 7 |
Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien. |
Feb 15 |
1st adhesive postage stamps in US (private delivery company), NYC |
Feb 21 |
1st known sewing machine patented in US, John Greenough, Wash DC |
Mar 2 |
The Grand National steeplechase at Aintree near Liverpool England is won by Gaylad, ridden by Tom Olliver. |
Mar 3 |
1st US child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass) |
Mar 3 |
1st performance of Felix Mendelssohn's 3rd "Scottish" Symphony |
Mar 5 |
Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande. |
Mar 9 |
Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco" premieres in Milan |
Mar 17 |
Indians land in Ohio, a 12 square mile area in Upper Sandusky |
Mar 30 |
Ether used as an anaesthetic for 1st time by Dr Crawford Long (Ga) |
Apr 13 |
Lord Rosse successfully casts 72" (183-cm) mirror for a telescope |
May 5 |
City-wide fire burns for over 100 hours (Hamburg Germany) |
May 8 |
Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die |
May 14 |
Illustrated London News; the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper, begins publication |
May 22 |
Farmers Lester Howe and Henry Wetsel discover Howe Caverns when they stumble upon a large gaping hole in the ground. |
May 25 |
Christian Doppler presents his idea, now known as the Doppler Effect, to the Royal Bohemian Society, Prague |
May 30 |
John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria |
Jul 9 |
Notary Stamp Law passes |
Aug 1 |
Rotherhithe Tunnel under the Thames opens |
Aug 1 |
Lombard Street Riot erupts |
Aug 9 |
US-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty |
Aug 14 |
Second Seminole War declared over by Colonel Worth; Indians go on to be removed from Florida to Oklahoma |
Aug 21 |
The city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded. |
Aug 29 |
Great Britain & China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war |
Aug 31 |
Micah Rugg patents a nuts & bolts machine |
Aug 31 |
US Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress |
Sep 4 |
Work on Cologne cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus |
Sep 18 |
1st edition of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published |
Oct 15 |
Karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung |
Nov 8 |
Belgium King Leopold I proclaims child labor laws (for 1889) |
Nov 9 |
The first U.S. design patent for typefaces and borders was issued to George Bruce of New York City |
Nov 17 |
Fugitive slave George Latimer captured in Boston |
Nov 17 |
Opera "Linda di Chamounix" is produced (London) |
Nov 22 |
Mount St Helens in Washington erupts |
Nov 26 |
The University of Notre Dame is founded. |
Dec 7 |
NY Philharmonic's 1st concert |
Dec 9 |
St M Glinka's opera "Russlan Ludmilla" premieres in Petersburg |
Dec 19 |
US recognizes independence of Hawaii |
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