1842
1842 was a common year.
1842 Media
August 29: The Treaty of Nanking is signed.
A portrait of the German writer Karl May by Erwin Raupp.
Carl von Linde
Official Portrait of Prince Abdulhamid at Balmoral Castle in 1867.
Madeleine Brès (1842-1921)
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Grace Darling by Thomas Musgrave Joy (9 July, 1812 – 7 April, 1866) - a painter known principally for his portraits.
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1810s 1820s 1830s – 1840s – 1850s 1860s 1870s |
| Years: | 1839 1840 1841 – 1842 – 1843 1844 1845 |
Art, music, theatre, literature
- March 26 - August Bournonville's Napoli is first performed in Copenhagen by the Royal Danish Ballet
Births
- January 11 – William James, American philosopher and psychologist
- September 21 – Abdul Hamid II, 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Deaths
- October 30 – Allan Cunningham, Scottish poet and writer.