Timeline March 1842

Events in March 1842 7

• 1755 – 1842 Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842) Died 30 March 1842, aged 86 French painter Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun was one of the leading portraitists of the late eighteenth century. She was best known as the court painter of Marie Antoinette. After the Revolution she worked across Europe and painted hundreds of portraits.
• 1760 – 1842 Luigi Cherubini Classical opera composer Italian composer based in Paris, known for his operas and sacred music. Beethoven considered him the greatest living composer.
• 1783 – 1842 Stendhal (1783-1842) Died 23 March 1842, aged 59 French novelist Marie-Henri Beyle, known as Stendhal, wrote The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma. He is known for the psychological realism of his novels. He collapsed on a street in Paris and died the next day.
• 1842 Commonwealth v. Hunt Massachusetts court rules trade unions lawful The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, led by Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw, ruled that a combination of workers to raise wages was not in itself a criminal conspiracy. The decision gave labour unions legal standing in the United States.
• 1842 Premiere of Verdi's Nabucco Verdi's first great success opens at La Scala Giuseppe Verdi's opera Nabucco premiered at La Scala in Milan and made his reputation. Its chorus "Va, pensiero", sung by the exiled Hebrews, became one of the best-known pieces in Italian opera. It was later linked with the Risorgimento.
• 1842 Peel reintroduces income tax Britain revives a peacetime income tax Prime Minister Robert Peel's budget brought back income tax, at seven pence in the pound on incomes over £150. The tax was meant to be temporary and paid for cuts to tariffs. It has remained in force in Britain ever since.
• 1842 Vienna Philharmonic gives first concert Otto Nicolai leads the orchestra's debut Musicians of the Vienna Court Opera orchestra, conducted by Otto Nicolai, gave a concert in the Redoutensaal under their own management. The event is regarded as the founding of the Vienna Philharmonic, one of the world's leading orchestras.