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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1810s 1820s 1830s – 1840s – 1850s 1860s 1870s |
| Years: | 1839 1840 1841 – 1842 – 1843 1844 1845 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1842 MDCCCXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2595 |
| Armenian calendar | 1291 ԹՎ ՌՄՂԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6592 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1763–1764 |
| Bengali calendar | 1249 |
| Berber calendar | 2792 |
| British Regnal year | 5 Vict. 1 – 6 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2386 |
| Burmese calendar | 1204 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7350–7351 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4538 or 4478 — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4539 or 4479 |
| Coptic calendar | 1558–1559 |
| Discordian calendar | 3008 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1834–1835 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5602–5603 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1898–1899 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1763–1764 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4942–4943 |
| Holocene calendar | 11842 |
| Igbo calendar | 842–843 |
| Iranian calendar | 1220–1221 |
| Islamic calendar | 1257–1258 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenpō 13 (天保１３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1769–1770 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4175 |
| Minguo calendar | 70 before ROC 民前70年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 374 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2384–2385 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1968 or 1587 or 815 — to — 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 1969 or 1588 or 816 |
1842 (MDCCCXLII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1842nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 842nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 19th century, and the 3rd year of the 1840s decade. As of the start of 1842, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Art, music, theatre, literature
[change | change source]- March 26 - August Bournonville's Napoli is first performed in Copenhagen by the Royal Danish Ballet
Births
[change | change source]- January 11 – William James, American philosopher and psychologist
- September 21 – Abdul Hamid II, 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Deaths
[change | change source]- October 30 – Allan Cunningham, Scottish poet and writer.