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List of 1842 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1842

What happened in the year 1842?

Date Event
January 13, 1842 Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
February 7, 1842 Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
February 21, 1842 John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.
March 9, 1842 Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera composers.
March 9, 1842 The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.[14]
March 17, 1842 The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo is formally organized with Emma Smith as president.
March 28, 1842 First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Otto Nicolai.
March 30, 1842 Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
May 8, 1842 A train derails and catches fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people.
May 16, 1842 The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from Elm Grove, Missouri, with 100 pioneers.
May 30, 1842 John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives down Constitution Hill in London with Prince Albert.
August 1, 1842 The Lombard Street riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
August 9, 1842 The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
August 14, 1842 American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida.
August 29, 1842 Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.
December 7, 1842 First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.