1842 - What happened in 1842 ?

February 1842

Monday 21:

John J. Greenough patents the sewing machine.

March 1842

Saturday 05:

Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande.

Wednesday 09:

Giuseppe Verdi's third opera Nabucco premieres in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera writers.

Wednesday 30:

Anesthesia is used for the first time in an operation by Dr. Crawford Long.

August 1842

Tuesday 09:

Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.

Sunday 14:

Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma

Sunday 21:

The city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded.

Monday 29:

The Tokugawa shogunate orders the local daimy? to begin providing foreign ships with fresh water and supplies when requested. (Traditional Japanese date: July 24, 1842).

December 1842

Monday 19:

United States recognizes the independence of Hawaii