Timeline October 1842

Events in October 1842 5

• 1778 – 1842 Bernardo O'Higgins (1778-1842) Died 24 October 1842, aged 64 Bernardo O'Higgins led the fight for Chilean independence alongside José de San Martín. He served as Supreme Director of Chile from 1817 to 1823. He died in exile in Lima and is honoured as one of the founding fathers of Chile.
• 1780 – 1842 William Ellery Channing (1780-1842) Died 2 October 1842, aged 62 American preacher William Ellery Channing was the leading voice of Unitarianism in the United States. His thought influenced the Transcendentalist movement, and he wrote against slavery.
• 1815 – 1842 Grace Darling (1815-1842) Died 20 October 1842, aged 26 Grace Darling was the daughter of a lighthouse keeper on the Farne Islands. She became a national heroine after she and her father rowed out in a storm in 1838 to rescue survivors of the wrecked steamer Forfarshire. She died of tuberculosis.
• 1842 Croton Aqueduct opens New York City gets a reliable water supply Water from the Croton River reached the city's receiving reservoir through a new aqueduct about 66 kilometres long. The supply was celebrated with a large public festival in October. The aqueduct transformed public health and fire protection in New York.
• 1842 – 1843 Editor of Rheinische Zeitung Journalism and early political writing Denied an academic career, Marx turned to journalism, becoming editor of the liberal Cologne newspaper Rheinische Zeitung in 1842. His outspoken articles on poverty, press freedom, and Prussian politics drew the ire of censors, and the paper was suppressed by the government in early 1843. This experience sharpened Marx's interest in economic and social conditions as the drivers of political life.