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1842
Events
January–March
January –
Michael Alexander
takes office as first appointee to the
Anglican-German Bishopric in Jerusalem
.
January 6
–
13
–
First Anglo-Afghan War
:
Massacre of Elphinstone's army
(Battle of Gandamak): British
East India Company
troops destroyed by Afghan forces on the road from
Kabul
to
Jalalabad
,
Afghanistan
, by
Akbar Khan
, son of
Dost Mohammad Khan
.
January 8
–
Delft University of Technology
established by
William II of the Netherlands
as a 'Royal Academy for the education of civilian engineers'.
January 23
–
Antarctic
explorer
James Clark Ross
, charting the eastern side of
James Ross Island
, reaches a
Farthest South
of 78°09'30"S.
February 7
–
Battle of Debre Tabor
: Ras
Ali Alula
, Regent of the
Emperor of Ethiopia
, defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of
Semien
.
March –
Commonwealth v. Hunt
: the Massachusetts Supreme Court makes strikes and unions legal in the United States.
March 2
–
Gaylad
, ridden by
Tom Olliver
, wins the
Grand National
at
Aintree Racecourse
.
March 5
– Mexican troops led by
Rafael Vasquez
invade
Texas
, briefly occupy
San Antonio
, and then head back to the
Rio Grande
. This is the first such invasion since the
Texas Revolution
.
March 9
–
Giuseppe Verdi
's third opera
Nabucco
premieres at
La Scala
in
Milan
; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost operatic composers.
March 17
– The
Relief Society
, a philanthropic and educational women's organization of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
(LDS Church) is founded.
March 30
–
Anesthesia
is used for the first time in an operation; Dr.
Crawford Long
performs the operation using
ether
.
March 31
–
Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway
line opened up to
Werneth
in North West England.
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