What is 842?
{{Year nav|842}} {{Year in various calendars|842}} {{Year article header|842}} == Events == * [[February 14]] – [[Charles the Bald]] and [[Louis the German]] sign a treaty. * [[Oaths of Strasbourg]] — alliance of [[Louis the German]] and [[Charles the Bald]] against emperor [[Lothair I|Lothar]] — sworn and recorded in [[vernacular]] languages. * [[Ramiro I of Asturias|Ramiro I]] succeeds [[Alfonso II of Asturias|Alfonso II]] as king of [[Kingdom of Asturias|Asturias]]. * [[Uurad of the Picts|Uurad]] is succeeded by [[Bridei VI of the Picts|Bred]], then [[Ciniod II of the Picts|Ciniod]]. * [[Charles the Bald]] marries [[Ermentrude]]. * Three year old [[Michael III]] succeeds [[Theophilus (emperor)]] as emperor of [[Byzantium]]. * End of the reign of caliph [[Moqtasim]]. * [[Uyghur people|Uyghurs]] leave the Mongolian plateau. == Deaths == * [[January 5]] — [[Al-Mu'tasim]], Abbasid caliph (b. [[794]]) * [[Emperor Saga]] of Japan (b. [[786]]) * [[Alfonso II of Asturias]] (b. [[759]]) * [[Theophilus (empor)|Theophilus]], [[Byzantine Emperor]] (b. [[813]]) * [[Liu Yuxi]], Chinese poet, philosopher, and essayist (born [[772]]) [[Category:842| ]]