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Year 1842 (MDCCCXLII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). Incumbents Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - Robert Peel, Conservative 1841 state leaders - Events of 1842 - 1843 state leaders - State leaders by year ---- Portugal Angola - # Manuel Eleutério Malheiro, Governor-General of Angola ( 1839 - 1842) # José Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Tuesday ( Dominical letter F) The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the calendar for any Common year starting on Sunday ( Dominical letter A) or for any year in which “ Doomsday ” is Tuesday The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita
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Events of 1842
January - March
- January - Massacre of Elphinstone's army on the road from Kabul to Jalalabad, Afghanistan, by Akbar Khan, son of Dost Mohammed Khan. The Massacre of Elphinstone's Army was a victory of Afghan forces led by Akbar Khan, the son of Dost Mohammad Khan, over a combined British } Kābul ( Persian and Pashto: کابل, IPA:) is the Capital and largest city of Afghanistan, with Jalalabad (Jalalkot ( Pashto: جلالکوټ، جلال اباد) is a city in eastern Afghanistan. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Mohammad Akbar Khan (1813-1845 was an Afghan Prince general and tribal leader Dost Mohammad Khan ( Pashto / Persian: دوست محمد خان) ( December 23, 1793 - June 9, 1863) son of Sardār
- February 7 - Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien in the Battle of Debre Tabor
- March 5 - Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Ali II of Yejju (c1819 - c1866 was a Ras of Begemder and Enderase (Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia. The Emperor ( Ge'ez: ንጉሠ ነገሥት nəgusä nägäst " King of Kings " of Ethiopia was the hereditary The Battle of Debre Tabor was a conflict during the Zemene Mesafint in 1842 initiated by Dejazmach Wube Haile Maryam to overthrow Ras Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Rafael Vásquez Rodríguez is a Peruvian politician and a Congressman representing Lima for the 2006 - 2011 term Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. This is the first such invasion since the Texas Revolution. The Texas Revolution or Texas War of Independence was fought from October 2 1835 to April 21 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas portion of the Mexican
- March 9 - Giuseppe Verdi's third opera Nabucco premieres in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera writers. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Nabucco (short for Nabucodonosor, English Nebuchadnezzar) is an Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
- March 30 - Anesthesia is used for the first time in an operation (Dr. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Anesthesia, or anaesthesia (see spelling differences; from Greek grc αν- an-, "without" and grc αἲσθησις Crawford Long performed the operation using ether). Crawford Williamson Long ( November 1, 1815 &ndash June 16, 1878) was an American Physician and Pharmacist best known for Diethyl ether, also known as ether and ethoxyethane, is a clear colorless and highly Flammable liquid with a low Boiling point and a
- March 31 - Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway line opened up to Werneth in North West England. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor The Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway (MJOBR was opened on March 31, 1842 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, whose chief engineer was Werneth is an area of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England It is west-southwest of Oldham's commercial centre and one of Oldham's most ancient localities England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
April - June
- May 8 - Versailles train crash: Two trains collide near Paris and catch fire - 59 dead
- May 19 - Dorr Rebellion - militiamen supporting Thomas Wilson Dorr attack arsenal in Providence, Rhode Island but are repulsed
- June 4 - In South Africa, hunter Dick King rides into British military base in Grahamstown to warn that Boers have besieged Durban. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen One of the worst rail disasters of the 19th century the Versailles train crash, occurred on May 8 1842 at Meudon ( Versailles) France. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and The Dorr Rebellion was a short-lived armed insurrection in Rhode Island in 1841 and 1842 led by Thomas Wilson Dorr who was agitating for changes to the state's electoral Thomas Wilson Dorr ( November 5, 1805 &ndash December 27, 1854) American Politician and Reformer, known for Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Grahamstown is a city in the Eastern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa and is the seat of the Makana municipality Boer (ˈbuːr in Dutch ˈbʊɚ/ /boʊɚ or /ˈbɔr/ in English is the Dutch word for Farmer which came to denote the descendants of the proto Afrikaans Durban (eThekwini is the third most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the EThekwini metropolitan municipality. He had left 11 days earlier. British army dispatches a relief force.
July - September
- August 4 - Armed Occupation Act is signed, providing for the armed occupation and settlement of the unsettled part of the Peninsula of East Florida. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. The Florida Armed Occupation Act of 1842 (5 US Statutes 502 was passed as an incentive to populate Florida East Florida was originally a part of Spanish Florida. Under the terms of the Treaty of Paris (1763, which ended the Seven Years' War, Spain ceded
- August 9 - Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus The Webster-Ashburton Treaty, signed August 9, 1842, settled the dispute over the location of the Maine - New Brunswick border between the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a Mountain range in western North America.
- August 29 - Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War
October - December
- December 20 - The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina is established. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) The Treaty of Nanking (Treaty of Nanjing signed 29 August, 1842, was the unequal treaty which marked the end of the First Opium War between The First Opium War or the First Anglo-Chinese War was fought between the British East India Company and the Qing Dynasty in China from 1839 Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. History On December 20, 1842, the South Carolina Legislature passed an act establishing the South Carolina Military Academy with the original mission
Undated
- Sons of Temperance founded in New York City. The Sons of Temperance was a Brotherhood of men who promoted the Temperance movement and mutual support
- British Empire annexes Hong Kong
- Income Tax Act 1842 passed in the United Kingdom; 7 pence on the pound sterling, for incomes over 150 pounds. The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders The Income Tax Act 1842 (citation 5 & 6 Vict c 35 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, passed under the government of Robert Peel, which The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Pound Sterling ( symbol £; ISO code: GBP) subdivided into 100 pence (singular penny) is the Currency
- Pentonville Prison built. HM Prison Pentonville is a Prison built in 1842 on the Caledonian Road, North London.
- New Zealand seat of government moves from Russell to Auckland
- Ohio's Wesleyan University is established. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country
- University of Notre Dame is founded by Father Edward Sorin, CSC of the Congregation of Holy Cross. The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame) (ˌnoʊtɚˈdeɪm is a private Roman Catholic Research university located in The Very Rev Edward Frederick Sorin, CSC (1814-1893 a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross was the founder of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana The Congregation of Holy Cross or Congregatio a Sancta Cruce (C
- Scroll and Key secret society of Yale University established. Scroll and Key Society is a senior or secret society established by " John Porter, William Kingsley Samuel Perkins Enos Taft Lebbeus Chapin George Jackson Secret society is a term used to describe a variety of organizations
- Commonwealth v. Hunt makes strikes and unions legal in the United States. Commonwealth v Hunt (1842 was a landmark legal decision issued by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on the subject of Labor unions The
- First pils beer brewed in the Czech city of Pilsen. Pilsner, sometimes pilsener or simply pils, is a Pale lager, developed in the 19th century in the city of Pilsen, Bohemia ( The Pils is the original lager beer of which all modern lagers are copies.
- Hollins University founded in Roanoke, Virginia by Charles Cocke. Hollins University is a four-year institution of Higher education, a private university located on a campus on the border of Roanoke County Virginia and
- Villanova University is founded in Villanova, Pennsylvania by the Augustinian order
- Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington is founded. Villanova University' is a private university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States Villanova is a community in the US state of Pennsylvania. It straddles Lower Merion Township of Montgomery County and Radnor Township The Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo (died AD 430) are several Catholic Monastic orders and congregations The Indiana University School of Law — Bloomington is a Law school located in Bloomington, Indiana.
Ongoing events
- First Opium War (1839-1842)
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1842 MDCCCXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2595 |
| Armenian calendar | 1291 ԹՎ ՌՄՂԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2 – -1 |
| Berber calendar | 2792 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2386 |
| Burmese calendar | 1204 |
| Chinese calendar | 4478/4538-11-20 (辛丑年十一月二十日) — to —
4479/4539-11-30(壬寅年十一月三十日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1558 – 1559 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1834 – 1835 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5602 – 5603 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1897 – 1898 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1764 – 1765 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4943 – 4944 |
| Holocene calendar | 11842 |
| Iranian calendar | 1220 – 1221 |
| Islamic calendar | 1257 – 1258 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenpō 13 (天保13年) |
| Korean calendar | 4175 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2385 |
January - June
- January 11 - William James, American psychologist and philosopher (d. The First Opium War or the First Anglo-Chinese War was fought between the British East India Company and the Qing Dynasty in China from 1839 Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays was a after Bunsei and before Kōka. The period spanned the years from 1830 through 1844. The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. For other people named William James see William James (disambiguation William James (January 11 1842 – August 26 1910 was a pioneering 1910)
- February 3 - Sidney Lanier, American writer (d. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Sidney Lanier ( February 3, 1842 – September 7, 1881) was an American Musician and Poet. 1881)
- February 4 - Arrigo Boito, Italian poet and composer (d. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Arrigo Boito ( February 24, 1842 &ndash June 10, 1918) aka Enrico Giuseppe Giovanni Boito Pseudonym Tobia Gorrio was an Italian 1918)
- February 25 - Karl May, German writer (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Karl Friedrich May ( February 25, 1842 &ndash March 30, 1912) was one of the best selling German Writers of all time noted 1912)
- March 2 - Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and patron of the arts after whom the Carlsberg brewery was named (d. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Carl Christian Hillman Jacobsen ( March 2, 1842 – January 11, 1914) was the son of Jacob Christian Jacobsen, who had founded the 1914)
- March 10 - Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (d. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Mykola Vitaliiovych Lysenko (Микола Віталійович Лисенко &ndash) was a Ukrainian Composer, Pianist, conductor and 1912)
- March 18 - Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet (d. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Stéphane Mallarmé (malaʁ'me ( March 18, 1842 – September 9, 1898) whose real name was Étienne Mallarmé, was a French 1898)
- May 8 - Emil Christian Hansen, Danish fermentation physiologist (d. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Emil Christian Hansen ( May 8, 1842 – August 27, 1909) was a Danish Mycologist and fermentation physiologist 1909)
- May 13 - Arthur Sullivan, English composer (d. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO (13 May 1842 &ndash 22 November 1900 was an English composer of Irish and Italian descent best known for his operatic 1900)
- June 12 - Rikard Nordraak, Norwegian composer (d. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Rikard Nordraak ( June 12, 1842 &ndash March 20, 1866) was a Norwegian composer born in Christiania ( Oslo) 1866)
July - December
- July 4 - Hermann Cohen, German-Jewish philosopher, one of the founders of the Marburg School of Neo-Kantianism, and he is often held to be "probably the most important Jewish philosopher of the nineteenth century" (d. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Hermann Cohen ( July 4, 1842 &ndash April 4, 1918) was a German - Jewish philosopher, one of the founders of the 1918)
- August 23 - Osborne Reynolds, Irish engineer and physicist (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Osborne Reynolds ( 23 August, 1842 &ndash 21 February, 1912) was a prominent innovator in the understanding of Fluid dynamics. 1912)
- September 13 - John H. Bankhead, U. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September John Hollis Bankhead ( September 13 1842 – March 1 1920) was a U S. Senator (d. 1920)
- September 21 - Abd-ul-Hamid II, Ottoman Sultan (d. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Abdülhamid II His Imperial Majesty Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ( Ottoman Turkish: عبد الحميد ثانی `Abdü’l-Ḥamīd-i sânî, İkinci Abdülhamit The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with 1918)
- October 14 - Joe Start, baseball player (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Joseph Start ( October 14 1842 &ndash March 27 1927) nicknamed "Old Reliable" was one of the biggest stars of Baseball 1927)
- October 28 - Anna Elizabeth Dickenson, American orator (d. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Anna Elizabeth Dickinson ( October 28, 1842 – October 22, 1932) was an American orator and lecturer 1932)
- November 12 - John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days John William Strutt 3rd Baron Rayleigh OM (12 November 1842 &ndash 30 June 1919 was an English Physicist who with William Ramsay, discovered The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature 1919)
- December 2 - C. W. Alcock, English footballer and football official (d. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Charles William Alcock ( December 2, 1842 – February 26, 1907) was an influential English sportsman and administrator 1907)
- December 9 - Peter Kropotkin, Russian anarchist (d. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city 1921)
- See also Category: 1842 births. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar
Deaths
January - June
- February 15 - Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo, politician and diplomat (b. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Carlo Andrea count Pozzo di Borgo ( March 8, 1764 &ndash February 15, 1842) was a Corsican politician who became a Russian 1764)
- March 6 - Constanze Mozart, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (b. Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Constanze Mozart (born Constanze Weber) ( 5 January 1762 in Zell im Wiesental, Germany &ndash 6 March 1842 1762)
- March 13
- Samuel Eells, Founder of Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity (b. Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Samuel Eells (1810-1842 was a 19th-Century American Philosopher, Essayist and Orator who founded the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity in 1832 at 1810)
- Henry Shrapnel, English soldier and inventor (b. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Henry Shrapnel ( June 3, 1761 - March 13, 1842) was a British Army officer and inventor most famously of the " Shrapnel 1761)
- March 15 - Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer (b. Year 1761 ( MDCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Luigi Cherubini ( September 8 or September 14, 1760 &ndash March 15, 1842) was an Italian born composer who spent most of his 1760)
- March 23 - Stendhal, French writer (b. Year 1760 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Henri-Marie Beyle ( January 23, 1783 &ndash March 23, 1842) better known by his Pen name Stendhal, was a 19th-century 1783)
- April 4 - Jean Moufot, French philosopher and mathematician (b. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. 1784)
- May 8 - Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Rear Admiral Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville ( May 23, 1790, Condé-sur-Noireau, France &ndash May 8, 1842, 1790)
July - December
- July 13 - Prince Ferdinand-Philippe d'Orléans, French prince (b. Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Ancestors Trivia Ferdinand-Philippe was used by Hanns Heinz Ewers as a character in his novella "Die Herzen der Könige" 1810)
- July 25 - Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (b. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Dominique Jean Larrey ( 8 July, 1766 &ndash 25 July, 1842) was a French surgeon in Napoleon 's army and an important 1766)
- July 28 - Clemens Brentano, German poet (b. Year 1766 ( MDCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Clemens Brentano, or Klemens Brentano ( September 9, 1778 &ndash July 28, 1842) was a German Poet and 1778)
- September 15 - Francisco Morazán, President of Central America (b. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. General José Francisco Morazán Quezada (mo-rah-thahn' He was a Central American Statesman, Lawyer, Orator, and a General born 1792)
- October 20 - Grace Darling, heroine (b. Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Grace Darling (24 November 1815 – 20 October 1842 is an English Victorian heroine on the strength of a celebrated maritime rescue in 1838 1815)
- October 24 - Bernardo O'Higgins, first Chilean head of state after independence (b. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme ( August 20, 1778 &ndash October 24, 1842) South American independence leader was one of the commanders 1778)
- December 12 - Robert Haldane, theologian (b. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Robert Haldane ( 28 February 1764 - 12 December 1842) was a Scottish churchman 1764)
- See also Category: 1842 deaths. Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a
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