What is 1842?
{{Year nav|1842}} {{Year in various calendars|1842}} {{Year article header|1842}} == Art, music, theatre, literature == * March 26 - [[August Bournonville]]'s ''[[Napoli (ballet)|Napoli]]'' is first performed in [[Copenhagen]] by the [[Royal Danish Ballet]] == Births == * [[January 11]] – [[William James]], [[United States|American]] philosopher and [[psychologist]] * [[September 21]] – [[Abdul Hamid II]], 34th [[Sultan]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] == Deaths == * [[October 30]] – [[Allan Cunningham]], [[Scotland|Scottish]] poet and writer. [[Category:1842| ]]