What happened in 1842?

1842 retreat from Kabul

Wars & Conflicts

1842 battle

Battle of Woosung

Wars & Conflicts · Huangpu River

First Opium War battle near Shanghai (1842)

Battle of Chapoo

Wars & Conflicts · Zhapu Town

Fought between British and Chinese forces in Chapu (Zhapu), China, in 1842 during the First Opium War

Battle of Chinkiang

Wars & Conflicts · Zhenjiang

1842 battle

Battle of Kabul

Wars & Conflicts · Kabul

1842 punitive campaign undertaken by the British following the disastrous retreat from Kabul

Battle of Ningpo

Wars & Conflicts · Ningbo

1842 battle

Battle of Congella

Wars & Conflicts · Durban

1842 battle

Battle of Ichkeria

Wars & Conflicts · Ichkeria

1842 battle

Battle of Arroyo Grande

Wars & Conflicts

1842 engagement during the Uruguayan Civil War

Battle of Tsekee

Wars & Conflicts · Cixi City

1842 battle of the First Opium War

Battle of Beni Mered

Wars & Conflicts · Beni Mered

1842 battle

Battle of Debre Tabor

Wars & Conflicts · Debre Tabor

1842 battle

Battle of Sama

Wars & Conflicts · Sama

1842 battle between Peru and Bolivia

Fort Wayne

Wars & Conflicts

historic fort in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Bombardment of Barcelona

Wars & Conflicts · Barcelona

1842 bombardment

Capture of Monterey

Wars & Conflicts · Monterey

1842 military operation

Tratado de Puno

Politics & Government · Puno

Peace treaty

Sac and Fox Treaty of 1842

Politics & Government · Agency

Cession treaty between the United States and representatives of the Sauk and Meskwaki peoples

Jules Dumont d'Urville died

People · Meudon

French Navy officer and explorer (1790–1842)

Sándor Kőrösi Csoma died

People · Darjeeling

Hungarian philologist and orientalist (1784-1842)

Louis de Freycinet died

People · Loriol-sur-Drôme

French navigator

Anthimus III, Patriarch of Constantinople died

People · İzmir

Ecumenical Patriarch in 1822–1824

Patriarch Anthimus V of Constantinople died

People · Istanbul

Patriarch of Constantinople

William Hobson died

People · Auckland

First Governor of New Zealand and co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi (1792-1842)

Archibald Menzies died

People · Kensington

Scottish surgeon, botanist and naturalist (1754-1842)

Arthur Conolly died

People · Bukhara

British intelligence officer (1807–1842)

Solomon Hirschell died

People · London

British rabbi; (1762-1842)

Nahum Trebitsch died

People · Prague

Czech rabbi (1779–1842)

Auguste-Frédéric de Talhouët died

People · Paris

French soldier, politician and officer

Pierre Joseph Pelletier died

People · Paris

French chemist (1788-1842)

Wilson Price Hunt died

People · Asbury

American pioneer

Nestor L'Hôte died

People · quai de Bourbon

French Egyptologist, painter and graphic artist (1804–1842)

James Ivory died

People · London

Scottish mathematician

Henry Shrapnel died

People · Southampton

British Army general

Allan Cunningham died

People · London

Scottish poet and author (1784–1842)

Vasily Karazin died

People · Mykolaiv

Russian scientist (1773-1842)

Bedřich Diviš Weber died

People · Prague

Czech music educator and composer (1766-1842)

Jean-Baptiste Prosper Jollois died

People · Paris

French Egyptologist

Pierre-François Chabaneau died

People · Lussas

Chemist (1754 – 1842)

Abraham Stern died

People · Warsaw

Polish inventor

Wilhelm August Lampadius died

People · Freiberg

German chemist (1772–1842)

Jean-Baptiste Van Mons died

People · Leuven

Belgian chemist (1765–1842)

Peter Ewart died

People · Dumfries and Galloway

British engineer (1767-1842)

Julius Ludwig Ideler died

People · Berlin

German physicist, physician and naturalist

Michael Creizenach died

People · Frankfurt

German theologian (1789-1842)

Rudolph Brandes died

People · Bad Salzuflen

German pharmacist (1795–1842)

Robert Haldane died

People · London

Scottish churchman

Pietro Abbati Marescotti died

People · Modena

Italian mathematician

François Michel de Rozière died

People · Melun

French Egyptologist

Jacob Auch died

People · Weimar

Skillful German mechanic/instrument/clock-maker (1765-1842)

Louis Costaz died

People · Paris

French mathematician (1767–1842)

John Harfield Tredgold died

People · Richmond

British pharmacist (1798–1842)

Andrew Vivian died

People

English engineer

Benjamin Wright died

People · Wethersfield

American civil engineer

Jean-Bernard Tarbé de Vauxclairs died

People · former 10th arrondissement of Paris

French civil engineer (1767-1842)

Heinrich August Rothe died

People · Erlangen

German mathematician

Benjamin Hick died

People · Bolton

British engineer (1790-1842)

Thomas Ebrill died

People · L'Île-des-Pins

British merchant

Louis Auguste Deschamps died

People · Paris

French botanist and explorer (1765-1842)

James Raymond Wellsted died

People · London

Indian naval lieutenant (1805–1842)

Moritz von Engelhardt died

People · Tartu

Baltic German geologist (1779–1842)

François-André Baudin died

People · Strasbourg

French naval officer (1774-1842)

Georg Friedrich Treitschke died

People · Vienna

German librettist and lepidopterist

Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval died

People · Paris

French writer (1767-1842)

Christian Theodor Weinlig died

People · Leipzig

German composer and conductor

Franz Clement died

People · Vienna

Austrian musician

Michael Umlauf died

People · Baden

Austrian composer

Justina Casagli died

People · Lucca

Swedish opera singer (1794–1841)

Elizabeth Armtistead died

People · Greenwich

English courtesan (1750-1842)

Jean François Boursault-Malherbe died

People · Paris

French actor (1750-1842)

Eline Heger died

People · Taarbæk

Danish actress

Karl Magnus Craelius died

People · Stockholm City

Swedish actor

William James born

People · Astor House

Born in Astor House. American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist (1842–1910).

Peter Kropotkin born

People · Moscow

Born in Moscow. Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921).

Ambrose Bierce born

People · Meigs County

Born in Meigs County. American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist (1842–1914).

John William Strutt born

People · Langford Grove

Born in Langford Grove. English physicist (1842–1919).

Stéphane Mallarmé born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French Symbolist poet (1842–1898).

Alfred Marshall born

People · London

Born in London. British economist (1842–1924).

Karl May born

People · Hohenstein-Ernstthal

Born in Hohenstein-Ernstthal. German writer (1842–1912).

Camille Flammarion born

People · Val-de-Meuse

Born in Val-de-Meuse. French astronomer and author (1842–1925).

Maria Konopnicka born

People · Suwałki

Born in Suwałki. Polish writer and activist (1842-1910).

Vasily Vereshchagin born

People · Cherepovets

Born in Cherepovets. Russian painter (1842-1904).

Georg Brandes born

People · Copenhagen

Born in Copenhagen. Danish literature critic and scholar (1842–1927).

Paul Lafargue born

People · Santiago de Cuba

Born in Santiago de Cuba. Writer, journalist, literary critic and revolutionary; also known for being Karl Marx's son-in-law (1842-1911).

François Coppée born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French poet and novelist (1842–1908).

Arrigo Boito born

People · Padua

Born in Padua. Italian poet and opera composer and librettist of Verdi's opera ''Otello'' (1842-1918).

José-Maria de Heredia born

People · Santiago de Cuba

Born in Santiago de Cuba. French poet (1842-1905).

Hermann Cohen born

People · Coswig

Born in Coswig. German philosopher (1842–1918).

Josef Breuer born

People · Vienna

Born in Vienna. Austrian physician (1842-1925).

Antonio Fogazzaro born

People · Vicenza

Born in Vicenza. Italian writer (1842-1911).

Ōyama Iwao born

People · Kajiya-chō

Born in Kajiya-chō. Japanese general (1842-1916).

Antero de Quental born

People · Ponta Delgada

Born in Ponta Delgada. Portuguese poet (1842–1891).

Charles Cros born

People · Fabrezan

Born in Fabrezan. French poet and inventor (1842-1888).

Prince Gaston, Count of Eu born

People · Neuilly-sur-Seine

Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Brazilian and French Imperial and Royal (1842–1922).

Ernest Lavisse born

People · Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache

Born in Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache. French historian (1842-1922).

Nikolay Mikhaylovsky born

People · Meshchovsk

Born in Meshchovsk. Russian publicist, literary critic, sociologist (1842-1904).

Mahadev Govind Ranade born

People · Niphad

Born in Niphad. Indian scholar, social reformer and author (1842-1901).

Elliott Coues born

People · Portsmouth

Born in Portsmouth. American ornithologist (1842–1899).

Pyotr Durnovo born

People · Moscow

Born in Moscow. Russian politician (1842-1915).

Christian Lundeberg born

People · Valbo church parish

Born in Valbo church parish. Swedish 20th century prime minister (1842-1911).

Stojan Novaković born

People · Šabac

Born in Šabac. Serbian politician and historian (1842–1915).

Alfred Nicolas Rambaud born

People · Besançon

Born in Besançon. French historian (1842-1905).

Albert Sorel born

People · Honfleur

Born in Honfleur. French historian (1842–1906).

Julian Sochocki born

People · Warsaw

Born in Warsaw. Polish-Russian mathematician.

Zeynifelek Hanım died

People · Istanbul

Died in Istanbul. Consort of Ottoman Sultan Abdulmejid I.

University of Chile

Science & Technology

Public university in Santiago, Chile

Manchester Metropolitan University

Science & Technology · Manchester

University in Manchester, UK

National Observatory of Athens

Science & Technology

Research Center and Observatory in Greece

Odesa Botanical Gardens

Science & Technology

Botanical garden in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine

D.I. Mendeleyev All-Russian Institute for Metrology

Science & Technology

Research institute in Saint Petersburg, Russia

TU Delft Library

Science & Technology · Former university building

Library of Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Hospital of Saint-Louis of Tunis

Science & Technology

Former hospital in Tunis, Tunisia

University of Notre Dame

Science & Technology

Catholic university located in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States

University of Barcelona

Science & Technology

Public research university located in Barcelona, Catalonia

Delft University of Technology

Science & Technology

Dutch university

Villanova University

Science & Technology · Villanova

Catholic university near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Royal Agricultural University

Science & Technology · Cirencester

British university located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK

Lycee Notre-Dame Saint-Sigisbert

Science & Technology

Catholic school in Nancy, France

Mier Expedition

Exploration & Discovery · Ciudad Mier

1842 American military operation

Ivory Coast Expedition

Exploration & Discovery · Ivory Coast

1842 military expedition

Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems · Cardiff city centre

Roman Catholic cathedral in Cardiff, Wales

Tipu Sultan Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Kolkata

Jakob Glanzer Shul

Religion & Belief Systems

Former synagogue in Lviv, Ukraine

Synagogue of Rabbi in Sadhora

Religion & Belief Systems

Saint archangel Michael cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Caserta, Italy

Grote Synagoge

Religion & Belief Systems

Jewish synagogue in The Hague, the Netherlands

Holy Trinity Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Nizhny Tagil, Russia

Communauté des Diaconesses

Religion & Belief Systems

Khirdalan Juma Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Muslim religious temple located in Khirdalan city

Synagogue de Traenheim

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue located in Bas-Rhin, in France

Synagoge

Religion & Belief Systems · Bourtange

Museum in Netherlands

St Mary's Cathedral, Killarney

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Co. Kerry, Ireland

St. Ansgar's Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Catholic cathedral in Copenhagen

Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Asunción

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Asunción, Paraguay

St. Macartin's Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems · Enniskillen

Church building in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God in Rēzekne

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Rēzekne, Latvia

Sant'Andrea

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Viareggio, Italy

Jewish cemetery in Loučim

Religion & Belief Systems

Czech cemetery

La Rotonda

Religion & Belief Systems · Tregasio

Building in Tregasio, Italy

Reformed Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Aarburg in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

Chiesa dell'Oratorio

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

Collins Street Baptist Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Melbourne, Australia

Lunbei Jie Zhitui Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Event church Petzow

Religion & Belief Systems · Petzow

Church building in Werder (Havel), Brandenburg state, Germany

Tolshevskiy Spaso-Preobrazhenskiy Monastery

Religion & Belief Systems

Monastery in Voronezh, Russia

Village church Lütte

Religion & Belief Systems · Lütte

Church building in Bad Belzig, Brandenburg state, Germany

Fort Scott National Cemetery

Religion & Belief Systems

historic veterans cemetery in Bourbon County, Kansas

Chapel of the Intercession Complex and Trinity Cemetery

Religion & Belief Systems

historic church and cemetery in New York City

Catholic Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in South Carolina, United States of America

First Baptist Church, Former

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Maine, United States of America

St. Alphonsus' Church, Rectory, Convent and Halle

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Maryland, United States of America

Congregational Church of Christ

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Ohio, United States of America

First Baptist Church of Gilmanton

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New Hampshire, United States of America

Duncan's Creek Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in South Carolina, United States of America

Hopewell Presbyterian Church and Hopewell Cemetery

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in South Carolina, United States of America

North Christian Congregational Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Fall River, United States of America

Marlborough Congregational Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Connecticut, United States of America

Oxford Congregational Church and Cemetery

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Maine, United States of America

Saint Emmeram of Regensburg Chapel

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Feldkirchen, Upper Bavaria,Upper Bavaria, Germany

St. Georg

Religion & Belief Systems · Q2498650

Parish church in Unterpindhart, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Wayside cross in Staňkova Lhota

Religion & Belief Systems

Möngyel Monastery

Religion & Belief Systems

Tibetan monastery in Dêgê, Garzê, Sichuan, China

St Bede's Church, Rotherham

Religion & Belief Systems

Catholic church in Rotherham, United Kingdom

Wayside cross in Jelení Kout

Religion & Belief Systems

Betkreuz Panschwitz-Kuckau, Kunigundenberg 9

Religion & Belief Systems

Swjaty křiž zapadnje Kopšina

Religion & Belief Systems · Kopschin

8 Władysława Sikorskiego Street in Wieliczka

Religion & Belief Systems

Case Corporation

Economy & Trade · United States

Manufacturer of construction equipment and agricultural equipment

House of Fabergé

Economy & Trade · Saint Petersburg

Russian jewelry firm

Plzeňský Prazdroj

Economy & Trade · Plzeň

Czech brewery company

Smit Internationale

Economy & Trade · Rotterdam

Former Dutch salvage company

Wiener Neustädter Lokomotivfabrik

Economy & Trade · Wiener Neustadt

Austrian locomotive manufacturer

Cascade Brewery

Economy & Trade · Cascade Brewery Building

The oldest continually operating brewery in Australia

Oriental Bank Corporation

Economy & Trade · Mumbai

British imperial bank founded in India

Verdin Company

Economy & Trade · Cincinnati

American bell foundry and clock maker

Ateliers de Constructions Mécaniques de Vevey

Economy & Trade · Vevey

Swiss engineering company

Henry Altemus Company

Economy & Trade · Philadelphia

Philadelphia publishing company

People's United Financial

Economy & Trade · Bridgeport

American bank holding company

Cassa di Risparmio di Asti

Economy & Trade · Asti

Italian savings bank

Cassa di Risparmio di Trieste

Economy & Trade · Trieste

Defunct Italian bank

LGC Group

Economy & Trade · Teddington

UK biotech company

Heintze & Blanckertz

Economy & Trade · Berlin

German pen manufacturing company

EaglePicher Technologies

Economy & Trade · St. Louis

American manufacturing company, known for its storage battery technology

Lucas Brothers, Builders

Economy & Trade · London

British building business

Gilchrist's

Economy & Trade · Boston

Boston department store

Ryerson, Inc.

Economy & Trade · Chicago

American metals company

Glendon Iron Company

Economy & Trade · Philadelphia

Iron company in Pennsylvania

1842 Cap-Haitien earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Estimated magnitude of 8.1

Great Fire of Hamburg

Disasters & Pandemics

1842 fire in the German city-state of Hamburg

Richmond River massacres

Disasters & Pandemics

Massacres in New South Wales, Australia

Liberal rebellions of 1842

Social Movements & Revolutions · Rio de Janeiro

Muncy Abolition Riot of 1842

Social Movements & Revolutions · Muncy

Riot in Muncy, Pennsylvania

1842 Pottery Riots

Social Movements & Revolutions · Stoke-on-Trent

1842 riots in Staffordshire, England

Saint Sarkis Cathedral

Architecture & Engineering

Cultural heritage monument of Armenia

Geiranger Church

Architecture & Engineering

Parish church in Geiranger, Stranda municipality, Norway

The Hub

Architecture & Engineering · Edinburgh

Assembly hall in Edinburgh, UK

Mariners' Church

Architecture & Engineering

Anglican church in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Transfiguration Church, Pyatigorsk

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Pyatigorsk, Russia

Ankenes Church

Architecture & Engineering · Ankenes

Church in Narvik, Norway

Stadsbygd Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Indre Fosen, Norway

St. Thomas Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Kolkata

St Mary's Church

Architecture & Engineering · Wreay

Church in Wreay, Cumbria, England, UK

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Architecture & Engineering

Lutheran church in Yaroslavl, Russia

Buckingham Baptist Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Bristol, England, UK

Church of Nativity of the Virgin

Architecture & Engineering · Drežnica

Church in Drežnica , Croatia

Serbian Orthodox Church Of Apostles St Peter And St Paul, Derby

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Derby, UK; formerly Christ Church

Starrkärrs kyrka

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Ale Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden

St. Augustine Church

Architecture & Engineering

Historical church in New Orleans

St. Theresa's Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Manhattan, United States of America

St Bridget's Church, Calder Bridge

Architecture & Engineering · Calder Bridge

Church in Ponsonby, Cumbria, England, UK

Church of St Saviour, Leeds

Architecture & Engineering

Grade I listed church in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Christ Church, Barnton

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II listed church in Barnton, Cheshire, England, UK

Taymouth Castle

Architecture & Engineering

Castle in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK

Hamilton Mausoleum

Architecture & Engineering

Mausoleum in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

Walhalla memorial

Architecture & Engineering

Memorial in Donaustauf, Bavaria

National Museum of Sculpture

Architecture & Engineering · Colegio de San Gregorio

Museum in Valladolid, Spain

Museo de Segovia

Architecture & Engineering · Segovia City

Cultural property in Segovia, Spain

Roter Ochse

Architecture & Engineering

Prison and memorial in Saxony-Anhalt

Saint John the Baptist church in Nizhyn

Architecture & Engineering

McBee Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in South Carolina, United States of America

Rockaway Valley Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in New Jersey, United States of America

Washington Street Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Petersburg, United States of America

Centenary United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Richmond, United States of America

Welf family mausoleum

Architecture & Engineering · Berggarten

Mausoleum of the noble family "House of Welf"

Chapel of Virgin Mary

Architecture & Engineering

Neoclassical building in Snina, Slovakia

Sainte-Anne Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

Historic church in New Brunswick, Canada

Teatr im. Heleny Modrzejewskiej

Sports & Entertainment

Theater in Legnica, Poland

Town Hall and Theatre of Bayonne

Sports & Entertainment

Town hall and theatre in Bayonne, France

Wrocław Świebodzki

Sports & Entertainment

Railway station in Wrocław, Poland

Mindre teatern

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden

Gran Teatro Nacional

Sports & Entertainment · Mexico

Former opera house in Mexico City

Republic of Madawaska dissolved

Empires & Countries · Fort Kent

Republic of Madawaska ceased to exist, having been centered at Fort Kent.

Central American Confederation founded

Empires & Countries · San Miguel

Central American Confederation was founded, with its capital at San Miguel.