What Happened In December 1842 In History

Famous Birthdays on December in 1842

• 3rd » Phoebe Hearst, American philanthropist and activist (d. 1919)
• 3rd » Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, founded the Pillsbury Company (d. 1899)
• 3rd » Ellen Swallow Richards, American chemist, ecologist, and educator (d. 1911)
• 9th » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, economist, geographer, and philosopher (d. 1921)
• 12th » Adolf Bötticher, German journalist and historian (d. 1901)
• 17th » Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician and academic (d. 1899)
• 28th » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (d. 1891)

Famous Deaths for December 1842

• 7th » Thomas Hamilton (writer) e.g Thomas Hamilton, Scottish philosopher and author (b. 1789)

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