Events in year of 1841
- 01-05James Clark Ross (UK) is 1st to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf
- 01-20China cedes Hong Kong to British
- 01-26Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain
- 02-181st continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11
- 03-04Longest inauguration speech (8,443 words), William Henry Harrison
- 03-09US Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident)
- 03-22Cornstarch patented (Orlando Jones)
- 03-271st US steam fire engine tested, New York City
- 04-06Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Missouri
- 04-10New York "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley
- 04-26"Bombay Gazette" begins publishing on silk
- 04-27Imakita Kosen, 1st Zen teacher of D.T. Suzuki, found the awakening
- 05-011st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri for California
- 06-141st Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario
- 07-03John Couch Adams decides to determine position of an unknown planet by irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus
- 07-05Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency
- 07-17British humor magazine "Punch" 1st published
- 08-09Erie boat in Buffalo New York catches fire; 242 die
- 08-21John Hampton patents venetian blind
- 09-09Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek NY, kills 300
- 09-24Britain obtains Sarawak from Brunei (James Brooke appointed Rajah)
- 09-30Samuel Slocum patented the stapler
- 11-02Akbar Khan successfully revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan
- 11-041st wagon train arrives in California
- 11-16Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (NYC)
- 11-16N E Guerin of New York patents cork-filled life preserver
- 11-2535 Amistad survivors return to Africa
- 12-29King / grand Duke Willem II installs Order of Eikenkroon
- 12-31Alabama becomes 1st state to license dental surgeons
People born in year of 1841
- 01-14Berthe M P Morisot: French painter / aquarellist
- 01-25John Arbuthnot Fisher: Ceylon -- 1st Baron Fisher / Admiral of the Fleet
- 01-28Henry Stanley: England, United Kingdom -- Journalist / explorer (found Livingston in Africa)
- 01-28Viktor Ernst Nessler: Composer
- 01-30Alfred Townsend George: Civil War journalist, died in 1914
- 02-01William H H Davenport: Buffalo, New York -- Stage medium
- 02-10Walter Parratt: Composer
- 02-12Bert van Tienhoven: Mayor (Amsterdam) / Foreign Minister
- 02-12Gijsbert van Tienhoven: Dutch Mayor (Amsterdam) / Foreign Minister
- 02-18Samuel Prowse Warren: Composer
- 02-19Felipe Pedrell: Composer
- 02-25Pierre Auguste Renoir: Limoges, France -- Impressionist painter / sculptor
- 02-26Evelyn Baring Earl Cromer: English consul-General (Egypt)
- 02-27[Eleanor] Agnes Lee: Daughter of US General Robert E Lee
- 03-01Blanche Kelso Bruce: Virginia, United States -- (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881)
- 03-01Romualdo Marenco: Composer
- 03-03John Murray: Canadian Oceanographer (Depths of the Ocean)
- 03-04Kristian Mandrup Elster: Norwegian author (And fremmed Fugl)
- 03-08Oliver Wendell Holmes: Massachusetts, United States -- 59th Supreme Court Justice (1902-32)
- 04-07Alfred Cogniaux: Belgian botanicus
- 04-07Joseph H "Jozef" Neuhuys: Painter
- 04-25Pauline Lucca: Soprano
- 04-26Wilhelm Scherer: German literature historian
- 05-11Ernst von Possart: German actor / stage manager / reciter
- 05-15Giovanni Bolzoni: Composer
- 05-20Sara Louisa Oberholtz: Social reformer, anti-smoking advocate
- 05-21Joseph Parry: Composer
- 05-24Charles Napier Henry: Painter
- 05-24Tito Mattei: Pianist / composer
- 05-28Giovanni Sgambati: Composer
People died in year of 1841
- 01-03Wilhelmus Kist: Writer / Director of Dutch (Official) Gazette, dies at 82
- 02-11J H Ferdinand Olivier: German painter, dies at 55
- 02-13Thomas Ainsworth: English / Dutch industrialist, dies at 45
- 02-14Antun Sorkocevic: Composer, dies at 65
- 02-15Sibrand Acker Stratingh: Dutch dr / chemist (electrical car), dies at 53
- 02-17Ferdinando Carulli: Composer, dies at 70
- 04-04William Henry Harrison: Becomes 1st President to die in office, at 68
- 04-29A Bertrand: Writer
- 05-03Cornelis T Elout: Dutch Minister of Finance / Navy / Colonies, dies at 74
- 05-06John Thomson: Composer, dies at 35
- 05-20Joseph Blanco White: Theological writert
- 05-23Franz Xaver von Baader: German philosopher / theologist, dies at 76
- 07-27Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov: Poet / Novelist
- 08-10Hippolyte Monpou: Composer, dies at 37
- 08-13Bernhard Heinrich Romberg: German composer, dies at 73
- 08-13Bernhard Romberg: German cellist / composer
- 08-24Karl Friedrich Curschmann: Composer, dies at 36
- 08-27Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried: Composer, dies at 65
- 09-09Augustin P de Candolle: Swiss botanist, dies at 63
- 09-15Alessandro Rolla: Composer, dies at 84
- 10-09Karl F Schinkel: German Painter / writer (Neue Wache), dies at 60
- 11-01Antoine PFGdV Celles: Belgium / Dutch / French MP
- 11-14Thomas Bruce: Count of Elgin and Kincardine, British diplomat
- 11-18Georg Chistoph Grosheim: Composer, dies at 77
- 11-30Charles Louis W J van Keverberg: Dutch government official, dies at 73
- 12-07Johann Daniel Ferstenberg: Composer, dies at 83
- 12-18Felice Blangini: Composer, dies at 60
Events in year of 1842
- 01-011st illustrated weekly magazine in US publishes 1st issue, New York City
- 01-021st US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn
- 01-064,500 British and Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India
- 01-08Dutch King Willem II charters Technical College Delft
- 01-12Franciscan nuns begin Missionary work on Netherlands Antilles
- 02-151st adhesive postage stamps in US (private delivery company), New York City
- 02-211st known sewing machine patented in US, John Greenough, Washington DC
- 03-031st US child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass)
- 03-30Ether was used as an anaesthetic for 1st time by Dr Crawford Long (Ga)
- 04-13Lord Rosse successfully casts 72" (183-cm) mirror for a telescope
- 05-05City-wide fire burns for over 100 hours (Hamburg Germany)
- 05-08Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die
- 05-141st edition of London Illustrated News
- 05-30John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria
- 06-16Natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die
- 07-09Notary Stamp Law passes
- 08-01Rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens
- 08-09US-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty
- 08-14Seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma
- 08-29Gr Britain and China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war
- 08-31Micah Rugg patents a nuts and bolts machine
- 08-31US Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress
- 09-181st edition of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published
- 10-08Princess Sophia weds her cousin Duke Charles Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach
- 10-15Karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung
- 11-04Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Illinois
- 11-08Belgium King Leopold I proclaims child labor laws (for 1889)
- 11-17Fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston
- 11-17Opera "Linda di Chamounix" is produced (London)
- 11-22Mount St. Helens in Washington, erupts
People born in year of 1842
- 01-02Amy G C A Bonet-Maury: French reformed theologist
- 01-06Clarence King: Mining engineer (geologist)
- 01-07Johan Lindegren: Composer
- 01-11William James: United States -- Psychologist / philosopher
- 01-17Anton G van Hamel: Founder (Roman Philology in Netherlands)
- 01-22Charles Henri Marechal: Composer
- 02-03Sidney Clopton Lanier: United States -- Composer / poet (Hall of Fame)
- 02-04Georg Brandes [Morris Cohen]: Danish literary-historian / critic
- 02-04Vasili O Klyutshevski: Russian historian
- 02-07Alexandre Ribit: Premier (France)
- 02-22Carl Rosa: Hamburg, Germany -- Founder (Rosa opera company)
- 02-24Arrigio Enrico Boito: Composer
- 02-25Karl May: German writer (Old Shatterhand / Winnetou)
- 02-26Camille Flammarion: Mars researcher and popularizer of astronomy
- 03-07Anne CAI van Diest: Belgian Physician / feminist
- 03-10Ina Donna Coolbrith: United States -- Poet laureate of California
- 03-22Carl A N Rosa: German violinist / composer
- 03-30Dr Crawford Long: 1st Physician to use ether as anesthetic
- 03-30John Fiske [Edmund Fisk Green]: US historian / philosopher
- 04-03Ulric Dahlgren: Colonel (Union volunteers), died in 1864
- 04-14Sven August Korling: Composer
- 04-18Antero Tarquinio de Quental: Portugal -- Poet (Beatrice)
- 04-25Antonio Fogazzarro: Italian writer / poet (Il santo / Leila)
- 04-28Louis PMFG of Orleans: Earl of Brazil (1870-89)
- 05-05Johann Nepomuk Fuchs: Composer
- 05-08Emil C Hansen: Danish physiologist
- 05-12Jules Emile Fred Massenet: Montaud, France -- Composer (Manon, Le Cid)
- 05-13Arthur Seymour Sullivan: London, England -- Composer (Gilbert & Sullivan)
- 06-02Constantly AM Cap: Flemish poet / etcher
- 06-06James Morrison Steele Mackaye: US actor (American Academy of Dramatic Art)
People died in year of 1842
- 01-08Pierre: Earl the Cambronne, French General (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71
- 01-16Thomas Freanby: Norwegian landscape painter
- 02-21Wojciech Zywny: Composer, dies at 85
- 03-07Christian Theodor Weinlig: Composer, dies at 61
- 03-15Maria Luigi C Z S Cherubini: Italian Composer (Dies Irae), dies at 81
- 03-23Stendhal [Marie-Henri Beyle]: French Author (Lamiel), dies at 59
- 03-24Stendhal [Marie-H Beyle]: French writer (The Love), buried at 59
- 04-07Henrik A Bjerregaard: Norw writer / Poet (Fjeldeventyret), dies at 50
- 04-11John England: Bishop of Charleston Carolina
- 05-15Emanuel A D M J count de las Cases: French Historian (Napoleon), dies at 76
- 05-23Jose de Espronceda y Delgado: Spanish revolutionary / poet, dies at 34
- 06-20Michael Umlauf: Composer, dies at 60
- 07-24John Sell Cotman: Landscape painter
- 07-28C Brentano: Writer, dies at 63
- 08-25Jerome-Joseph de Momigny: Composer, dies at 80
- 09-15Pierre MF de Sales Baillot: French violinist / composer, dies at 70
- 10-02Jose Mariano Elizaga: Composer, dies at 56
- 10-02William Ellery Channing: Cleric / writer
- 10-08Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse: Composer, dies at 68
- 11-14Henry de Cock: Reform vicar, dies at 41
- 11-15Joseph Rastrelli: Composer, dies at 43
- 11-24Pehr Frigel: Composer, dies at 92
- 12-01Philip Spencer: 1st US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged
- 12-05MJ Auguste Vestrius: French ballet dancers, dies at 82
- 12-25Bedrich Divis Weber: Composer, dies at 76
Events in year of 1843
- 01-04Royal Academy (Technical Hague court) Delft opens
- 02-02US and British settlers in Oregon Country choose government committee
- 02-11Opera "I Lombardi, " premieres in Milan
- 03-03Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US
- 03-071st Catholic Governor in US, Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office
- 03-14Boston conducts its 1st town meeting (Faneuil Hall)
- 03-21Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today
- 05-04Great-Britain annexes Natal
- 05-18United Free Church of Scotland forms
- 05-221st wagon train, 1000+ depart Independence Missouri for Oregon
- 06-01It snows in Buffalo and Rochester New York and Cleveland Ohio
- 06-01Sojourner Truth leaves New York to begin her career as antislavery activist
- 06-24Vincenzo Soliva decrees no Jew can live outside of ghetto in Italy
- 06-26Hong Kong proclaimed a British Crown Colony
- 07-02An alligator falls from sky during a Charleston SC thunderstorm
- 07-05Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil government in Oregon Country
- 07-12Mormon leader Joseph Smith say God OKs polygamy
- 08-08Natal (South Africa) is made a British colony
- 08-15National black convention meets (Buffalo NY)
- 08-15Tivoli Park in Copenhagen opens
- 08-26Charles Thurber patents a typewriter
- 08-301st blacks participation in National political convention (Liberty Party)
- 08-31Liberty Party nominates James Birneyas presidential candidate
- 10-201st Chinese immigrant arrives in Suriname
- 11-13Mt Rainier in Washington State erupts
- 11-27Opera "Bohemian Girl" is produced (London)
- 12-011st chartered mutual life insurance company opens
- 12-04Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Massachusetts
- 12-06Amsterdam-Utrecht railway opens
- 12-13"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold
People born in year of 1843
- 01-01Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky: Composer
- 01-09Christiaan A Ulder: Composer (waltzes / tumbas)
- 01-20Pierre-Paul Cambon: French diplomat (Madrid, Constantinople, London)
- 01-23Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg: Composer
- 01-29William McKinley: Niles, Ohio -- (R) 25th President (1897-1901)
- 02-19Adelina Patti: Madrid, Spain -- Opera soprano (Lucio)
- 02-22Affonso de Escragnolle Taunay: France -- Writer (Inocencia)
- 03-05William F Sudds: Composer
- 03-06Artur Napoleao dos Santos: Composer
- 03-08Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom: Composer
- 03-18Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom: Premier of Belgium (1899)
- 04-01Ludwig Enneccerus: German jurist
- 04-04Hans Richter: Composer
- 04-08Asger Hamerik [Hammerich]: Composer
- 04-14Gustave Leon Huberti: Composer
- 04-15Carl Eilhardt: Composer
- 04-15Henry James: US / British writer / critic (Turn of the Screw, Bostonians)
- 05-02Carl Michael Ziehrer: Composer
- 05-06Grove Karl Gilbert: Geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah
- 05-09Belle Boyd: Spy (Confederate) / actress / lecturer
- 05-10Kaufmann Kohler: Reform rabbi / Theologian
- 05-13Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer: Belgian politician
- 05-21Louis Renault: French lawyer
- 05-23Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia: Composer
- 05-29Emile Pessard: Composer
- 06-03Frederik VIII CWK: King of Denmark (1906-12)
- 06-07Susan Elizabeth Blow: United States -- Pioneered kindergarten education
- 06-09Bertha von Suttner: Austria -- Novelist / pacifist (Nobel 1905)
- 06-10Heinrich von Herzogenberg: Composer
- 06-15Edvard Hagerup Grieg: Bergen, Norway -- Composer (Bewitched One)
People died in year of 1843
- 01-04Petronella Moens: Frisian Author / poetess, dies at 80
- 01-07Franz Schoberlechner: Composer, dies at 45
- 01-09Caroline Herschel: "1st lady of astronomy", dies at 98 in Germany
- 01-11Francis Scott Key: Composer (Star Spangled Banner), dies at 63
- 03-16Anton R Falck: Dutch Minister of Education / Colonies, dies at 65
- 04-14Joseph Franz Karl Lanner: Austria -- Composer / violist, dies at 42
- 05-12Johann Georg Lickl: Composer, dies at 74
- 06-22Gabriele Prota: Composer, dies at 88
- 07-02Samuel Hahnemann: German physician, dies at 88
- 07-09Washington Allston: US Painter / author, dies at 63
- 07-16Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck: Politician, dies at 68
- 08-10Jakob F Fries: German philosopher
- 09-03Cornelis PJ Elout: Military / President of West Sumatra, dies at 47
- 10-10Karl Theodor Toeschi: Composer, dies at 75
- 11-29Marco Santucci: Composer, dies at 81
- 12-12Willem I Frederik: King of the Netherlands (1814-40), dies at 71