1842 in History

Shah Shuja is assassinated after the collapse of the British-backed government.

Publishes an article criticizing a cabinet order affecting the daily press.

Publishes an article examining the role of commissions of the Prussian estates.

Publishes an article on communal reform and the political position of the Kolnische Zeitung.

Publishes an article responding to attacks on communism in the Augsburg Allgemeine Zeitung.

Publishes an editorial note on the proposed Prussian divorce bill.

Marx becomes editor of the Rheinische Zeitung and sharpens its criticism of government policy.

Publishes an article criticizing weaknesses in the liberal opposition in Hanover.

Pushes south through the Ross Sea and reaches a new farthest south latitude near the Great Ice Barrier

Publishes an article examining Hanover industrialists and the politics of protective tariffs.

Publishes an article discussing the attitudes of Georg Herwegh and Arnold Ruge toward The Free.

Publishes a response to criticism directed at the Rheinische Zeitung by a Kolnische Zeitung correspondent.

Publishes a critique of the Kolnische Zeitung's treatment of philosophy, religion and political discussion.

Publishes an article criticizing the polemical methods of the Augsburg newspaper.

Suppresses a rebellion in the Kazan province

Suppresses a rebellion in the Kazan province

Begins publishing a series on debates in the Sixth Rhine Province Assembly.

Tyler signs legislation restoring higher protective duties after the compromise tariff period.

Publishes a fuller article on the political and legal issues surrounding the Prussian divorce bill.

Publishes an article examining political centralisation and local autonomy in the Rheinische Zeitung.

Establishes the University of Chile as a national institution of higher education.

Birth of Abdulhamid II

Birth of Eloy Alfaro Delgado

Birth of Georg von Schonerer

Birth of John William Strutt