Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1842. 1842 (MDCCCXLII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...

1842 (English: Infantry rifle, type 1842) was one of the first standardised service rifles used by the Swiss armed forces. It was introduced in 1842 as...

The US Model 1842 Musket was a .69 caliber musket manufactured and used in the United States during the 19th century. It is a continuation of the Model...

The 1842–43 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification...

The 1842–43 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between August 1, 1842, and November 8, 1843...

The Tariff of 1842, or Black Tariff as it became known, was a protectionist tariff schedule adopted in the United States. It reversed the effects of the...

Events from the year 1842 in the United States. President: John Tyler (I-Virginia) Vice President: vacant Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney (Maryland) Speaker...

1842 Hynek, provisional designation 1972 AA, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter...

William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842) was the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century and...

David Robinson (November 22, 1754 – December 11, 1843) was a Vermont soldier active in the American Revolution, ultimately promoted to the rank of Major...