Historical figures in 1842

The atlas holds 23 people and 61 moments here, in 1842. The most recorded lives are Charles Dickens, Friedrich Engels and Queen Victoria. Among them Writers, Scientists and Political Leaders.

Notable people

1. Abraham Lincoln

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   2 moments here

   American lawyer, Illinois legislator, congressman, and sixteenth president of the United States.…

2. Alfred Nobel

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   1 moment here

   Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896) developed dynamite and other explosives, built businesses…

3. Camille Pissarro

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   1 moment here

   Danish-French painter and a central figure in Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism. Born in Charlotte Amalie on Saint Thomas, Pissarro studied in…

4. Charles Baudelaire

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   2 moments here

   French poet, essayist, translator, and art critic, best known for Les Fleurs du mal. Baudelaire lived chiefly in Paris, spent formative school years…

5. Charles Darwin

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   2 moments here

   English naturalist, geologist, and biologist whose observations during the global voyage of HMS Beagle and subsequent research led to his theory of…

6. Charles Dickens

   in 1842

   28 moments here

   English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…

7. Charlotte Brontë

   in 1842

   3 moments here

   English novelist, poet, and governess, best known for Jane Eyre. This chronology records documented physical presences from her birth in Thornton…

8. Edgar Allan Poe

   in 1842

   1 moment here

   American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic whose work helped shape Gothic fiction, detective fiction, and early science fiction.…

9. Frédéric Chopin

   in 1842

   1 moment here

   Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the early Romantic period. Born in Żelazowa Wola, he grew up and trained in Warsaw, travelled through Central…

10. Friedrich Engels

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    3 moments here

    German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…

11. George Sand

    in 1842

    1 moment here

    French novelist, memoirist, journalist, and political writer born Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin.…

12. Giuseppe Verdi

    in 1842

    1 moment here

    Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…

13. Heinrich Heine

    in 1842

    1 moment here

    German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…

14. Henry David Thoreau

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    1 moment here

    American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher associated with transcendentalism. Thoreau lived chiefly in and around Concord, Massachusetts,…

15. Hokusai

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    1 moment here

    Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, painter, and printmaker. His documented physical-presence chronology is concentrated in…

16. Karl Marx

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    1 moment here

    German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…

17. Liliʻuokalani

    in 1842

    1 moment here

    Liliʻuokalani was the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, reigning from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the monarchy on January…

18. Louis Pasteur

    in 1842

    1 moment here

    French chemist and microbiologist whose work on molecular asymmetry, fermentation, germ theory, pasteurization, and vaccines transformed modern…

19. Martin Van Buren

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    3 moments here

    Martin Van Buren was an American lawyer and politician who served as New York attorney general, U.S.…

20. Queen Victoria

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    3 moments here

    Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 1819–1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death, and…

21. Richard Wagner

    in 1842

    1 moment here

    German composer, conductor, theatre director, and essayist whose movements included early work in German theatre, exile in Switzerland, stays in…

22. Søren Kierkegaard

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    1 moment here

    Danish philosopher, Christian theologian, poet, social critic, and religious author. This chronology records verified physical presences at…

23. William Makepeace Thackeray

    in 1842

    1 moment here

    English novelist, illustrator, journalist, lecturer, and editor, best known for Vanity Fair.…

Moments

1. 1842 Met Shields for a proposed duel Abraham Lincoln
2. 1842 Family relocation to Saint Petersburg Alfred Nobel
3. 1842 Boarding school at Passy Camille Pissarro
4. 1842 Return to Paris after the voyage Charles Baudelaire
5. 1842 Arrives in Boston Charles Dickens
6. 1842 Lands at Halifax Charles Dickens
7. 1842 Sails from Liverpool for America Charles Dickens
8. 1842 Student-teacher at the Pensionnat Heger Charlotte Brontë
9. 1842 Meeting Charles Dickens Edgar Allan Poe
10. 1842 Residence at Square d'Orléans Frédéric Chopin
11. 1842 Settles in Milan after Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi
12. 1842 First documented visit to Obuse Hokusai
13. 1842 Moves to Cologne for journalism Karl Marx
14. 1842 Begins schooling at the Chiefs' Children’s School Liliʻuokalani
15. 1842 Bachelor of Science examination Louis Pasteur
16. 1842 Visit to Ashland Martin Van Buren
17. 1842 Visit with Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren
18. 1842 Visit with James K. Polk Martin Van Buren
19. 1842 Stay at Taymouth Castle Queen Victoria
20. 1842 Move to Dresden for Rienzi Richard Wagner
21. 1842 Tour of Ireland William Makepeace Thackeray
22. 1842 Return to Bordeaux Charles Baudelaire
23. 1842 Attends the Boz Ball Charles Dickens
24. 1842 Inspects Lowell's mills Charles Dickens
25. 1842 Reaches New Haven Charles Dickens
26. 1842 Stays with Governor Davis Charles Dickens
27. 1842 Visits Hartford institutions Charles Dickens
28. 1842 First stay in London en route to Belgium Charlotte Brontë
29. 1842 Arrives in Pittsburgh by canal Charles Dickens
30. 1842 Arrives in Richmond Charles Dickens
31. 1842 Calls on President Tyler Charles Dickens
32. 1842 Stops in Harrisburg Charles Dickens
33. 1842 Tours Eastern State Penitentiary Charles Dickens
34. 1842 Visits Baltimore's institutions Charles Dickens
35. 1842 Return to Copenhagen from Berlin Søren Kierkegaard
36. 1842 Arrives in St. Louis Charles Dickens
37. 1842 Reaches Cincinnati Charles Dickens
38. 1842 Rests in Columbus Charles Dickens
39. 1842 Stays at Niagara Falls Charles Dickens
40. 1842 Stays at Upper Sandusky Charles Dickens
41. 1842 Stops at Louisville Charles Dickens
42. 1842 Visits Looking Glass Prairie Charles Dickens
43. 1842 Arrives in Toronto Charles Dickens
44. 1842 Performs in Montreal Charles Dickens
45. 1842 Visits Kingston Charles Dickens
46. 1842 Visits Quebec City Charles Dickens
47. 1842 Carriage attack on The Mall Queen Victoria
48. 1842 Departs New York for England Charles Dickens
49. 1842 Stays at West Point Charles Dickens
50. 1842 Visits a Shaker village Charles Dickens

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