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 Second Seminole War ended. 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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