842
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This article is about the year 842. For the number, see 842 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 8th century – 9th century – 10th century |
| Decades: | 810s 820s 830s – 840s – 850s 860s 870s |
| Years: | 839 840 841 – 842 – 843 844 845 |
| 842 by topic | |
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| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
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| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 842 DCCCXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1595 |
| Armenian calendar | 291 ԹՎ ՄՂԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5592 |
| Bahá'í calendar | −1002 – −1001 |
| Bengali calendar | 249 |
| Berber calendar | 1792 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1386 |
| Burmese calendar | 204 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6350–6351 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3538 or 3478 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3539 or 3479 |
| Coptic calendar | 558–559 |
| Discordian calendar | 2008 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 834–835 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4602–4603 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 898–899 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 764–765 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3943–3944 |
| Holocene calendar | 10842 |
| Igbo calendar | −158 – −157 |
| Iranian calendar | 220–221 |
| Islamic calendar | 227–228 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōwa 9 (承和９年) |
| Juche calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 842 DCCCXLII |
| Korean calendar | 3175 |
| Minguo calendar | 1070 before ROC 民前1070年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1385 |
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Year 842 (DCCCXLII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- February 14 – Charles the Bald and Louis the German sign a treaty.
- Cerball mac Dúnlainge becomes king of Osraige
- The Oaths of Strasbourg, an alliance of Louis the German and Charles the Bald against emperor Lothar, are sworn and recorded in the vernacular languages.
- Ramiro I succeeds Alfonso II as king of Asturias.
- Uurad is succeeded by Bred, then Ciniod as King of the Picts.
- Charles the Bald marries Ermentrude.
Byzantine Empire
- Three year old Michael III succeeds Theophilus (emperor) as emperor of Byzantium.
Asia
- The reign of caliph Al-Mu'tasim ends.
- The Uyghurs leave the Mongolian plateau.
- The Tibetan emperor Langdarma is assassinated and the empire disintegrates.
Births
Deaths
- January 5 – Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)
- January 20 – Theophilos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 813)
- Emperor Saga of Japan (b. 786)
- Alfonso II of Asturias (b. 759)
- Liu Yuxi, Chinese poet, philosopher, and essayist (b. 772)
- Langdarma Tibetan Emperor
References
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