842
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| 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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| Gregorian calendar | 842 DCCCXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1595 |
| Armenian calendar | 291 ԹՎ ՄՂԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5592 |
| Bengali calendar | 249 |
| Berber calendar | 1792 |
| 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 |
| Iranian calendar | 220–221 |
| Islamic calendar | 227–228 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōwa 9 (承和９年) |
| Julian calendar | 842 DCCCXLII |
| Korean calendar | 3175 |
| Minguo calendar | 1070 before ROC 民前1070年 |
| Seleucid era | 1153/1154 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1384–1385 |
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Greek icon of Theodora (c. 815 – after 867)
Year 842 (DCCCXLII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- January 20 – Emperor Theophilos dies of dysentery at Constantinople after a 12-year reign. He expends much effort defending the eastern frontier against the invading Muslim Arabs. Theophilos is succeeded by his 2-year-old son Michael III, with his mother Theodora, who becomes regent and the 'temporary' sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.[1]
Europe
- February 14 – Oaths of Strasbourg: King Louis the German, ruler of East Francia, and his half-brother Charles the Bald, ruler of West Francia, meet with their armies at Strasbourg. They agree to swear allegiance (recorded in vernacular languages) to each other and to support each other against their brother Lothair I. Nominally, emperor of all the Frankish kingdoms and the Holy Roman Empire.[2]
- March 20 – King Alfonso II of Asturias (Northern Spain) dies after a 50-year reign. He has undertaken numerous campaigns against the Muslim armies of the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba and allied himself with the late Charlemagne. The childless Alfonso chooses Ramiro I, son of former king Bermudo I, as his successor.
Britain
- Uurad of the Picts dies after a 3-year reign and is succeeded by his son Bridei VI, who contests his power with rival groups led by Bruide son of Fokel and Kenneth MacAlpin.
Arabian Empire
- January 5 – Caliph Al-Mu'tasim dies at Samarra (modern Iraq) after a 8-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Al-Wathiq as ruler of the Abbasid Caliphate.
Births
- Al-Muwaffaq, Muslim prince and regent (d. 891)
Deaths
- March 20 – Alfonso II, king of Asturias (b. 759)
- January 5 – Al-Mu'tasim, Muslim caliph (b. 796)
- Bernard of Vienne, Frankish bishop (b. 778)
- Dúngal mac Fergaile, king of Osraige (Ireland)
- March 9 – Humbert, bishop of Würzburg
- Liu Yuxi, Chinese poet and philosopher (b. 772)
- August 24 – Saga, emperor of Japan (b. 786)
- January 20 – Theophilos, Byzantine emperor (b. 813)
- Uurad, king of the Picts (approximate date)
