27th » Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and petrographer (d. 1903)
29th » Louis J. Weichmann, American clerk, witness in the trial of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1902)
Famous Deaths for September 1842
10th » William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (b. 1792)
10th » Letitia Christian Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th List of First Ladies of the United States called First Lady of the United States (b. 1790)
15th » Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (b. 1771)
15th » Francisco Morazán, Guatemalan general, lawyer, and politician, List of heads of state of Federal Republic of Central America known as President of Central American Federation (b. 1792)