1842
1842 was 29 years before the founding of the City of Birmingham and the 23rd year of Alabama statehood.
Events
- William Mudd bought Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens at auction.
Works
Buildings
Individuals
- Samuel Sterling Sherman became the first president of Howard College.
Births
- May 3: Willis Milner, Elyton Land Company officer
- June 12: Louise Wooster, madame
- September 6: Charles Drennen, physician
- September 13: John H. Bankhead, U. S. Senator
- September 16: John F. McLaughlin, Jefferson County tax assessor
- November 22: John Phelan, attorney and manager of the Cotton and Produce Exchange
- Mattie Sloss, second wife of Colonel James Sloss
Context
In 1842, Commonwealth v. Hunt served as a legitimizer for trade unions. Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, premiered. The Webster-Ashburton Treaty was signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains. The Treaty of Nanking ended the First Opium War and established Hong Kong as a British colony. The University of Notre Dame was founded.
Notable births in 1842 included William James; Sidney Lanier; Arthur Sullivan; Ambrose Bierce; Joe Start; Anna Elizabeth Dickinson; John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh. Notable deaths included Henry Shrapnel, Jules Dumont d'Urville, Grace Darling, and Bernardo O'Higgins.
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