Today in History for March 1842

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 7 of 7

2nd - The Grand National steeplechase at Aintree near Liverpool England is won by Gaylad, ridden by Tom Olliver.
3rd - 1st US child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass)
3rd - 1st performance of Felix Mendelssohn's 3rd "Scottish" Symphony
5th - Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande.
9th - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco," premieres in Milan
17th - Indians land in Ohio, a 12 square mile area in Upper Sandusky
30th - Ether used as an anaesthetic for 1st time by Dr Crawford Long (Ga)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 9 of 9

1st - Nicholaos Gysis, Greek painter (d. 1901)
2nd - Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer (d. 1914)
7th - Anne CAI van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist
10th - Ina Donna Coolbrith, US, poet laureate of Calif
18th - Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet (d. 1898)
22nd - Carl A N Rosa, German violinist/composer
22nd - Mykola Vytal'yevich Lysenko, composer
28th - William Harvey Carney, American Civil War officier (d. 1908)
30th - John Fiske, [Edmund Fisk Green], US historian/philosopher

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 6 of 6

6th - Constanze Mozart, wife of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763)
7th - Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer, dies at 61
13th - Henry Shrapnel, British soldier and inventor (b. 1761)
15th - Maria Luigi C Z S Cherubini, Italian composer (Dies Irae), dies at 81
23rd - Stendhal, [Marie-Henri Beyle], French author (Lamiel), dies at 59
30th - Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, French painter (b. 1755)