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Born on Tuesday February 15, 1842
- Alfred Smith Osborne, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts († 1924)
- Adriaan Jongenelen, Hoeven,Gemeents Halderberge,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1900)
- Adrianus Huijskens, Breda († 1927)
- ? ? († 1922)
- Anna Prins, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1843)
- Alfred FAULLE, Entrains-sur-Nohain (58-Nièvre), France († 1843)
- aagje van NUGTEREN, ridderkerk
- Anna Prins, Monster († 1843)
- Adriana Beekmans, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1895)
- Adriana Wilhelmina van Erp, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Died on Tuesday February 15, 1842
- Anna Dymphna Hens (39), Turnhout, Antwerpen, België
- Antje Klazes de Jong (8), Gersloot, Aengwirden, Friesland, Nederland
- Aagje Prook (28), Mijdrecht
- Anna Catharina Overbeeke, Tholen
- Antje van Besten (29), Buiksloot
- Antoine FERON (80), Moxhe,4280,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE,Hannut
- Agustina "Faustina" Ybarra, La Estancia de los Delgadillo, Nochistlán, Zacatecas, México
- Anna Catharina (Anneke) Katrina Hermans (35), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
- Anna Weijers (50), Zutphen
- Antje Schoenmakers (33), Haaksbergen
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 15, 1842 at Delpher
Born on February 15
- 1834 » V. A. Urechia, Moldavian-Romanian historian, author, and playwright († 1901)
- 1835 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and philanthropist († 1908)
- 1840 » Titu Maiorescu, Romanian philosopher, academic, and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania († 1917)
- 1841 » Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Brazil († 1913)
- 1845 » Elihu Root, American lawyer and politician, 38th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
- 1847 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator († 1927)
- 1849 » Rickman Godlee, English surgeon and academic († 1925)
- 1850 » Sophie Bryant, Irish mathematician, academic and activist († 1922)
- 1851 » Spiru Haret, Romanian mathematician, astronomer, and politician, 55th Romanian Minister of Internal Affairs († 1912)
- 1856 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist and academic († 1926)
Died on February 15
- 1818 » Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (b. 1746)
- 1835 » Henry Hunt, English farmer and politician (b. 1773)
- 1839 » François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian rebel (b. 1803)
- 1842 » Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (b. 1754)
- 1844 » Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
- 1847 » Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (b. 1794)
- 1848 » Hermann von Boyen, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (b. 1771)
- 1849 » Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
- 1857 » Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)
- 1869 » Ghalib, Indian poet and educator (b. 1796)
Names that were popular for boys in 1842
- Jan
- Johannes
- Hendrik
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Jacobus
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Franciscus
- Dirk
- Adrianus
- Joannes
- Arie
- Hendrikus
Names that were popular for girls in 1842
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Catharina
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Wilhelmina
- Aaltje
- Elizabeth
- Trijntje
- Jacoba
- Helena
- Neeltje
- Grietje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1842
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- January 13 » 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 21 » John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.
- March 9 » Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera composers.
- May 8 » A train derails and catches fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people.
- May 16 » The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from Elm Grove, Missouri, with 100 pioneers.
- August 29 » Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.
The weather on Tuesday February 15, 1842
The temperature on February 15, 1842 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken zwaar mist.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI