1842

1842 — Korea: 향산 이만도(響山 李晩燾) 출생 / China: First Opium War / Japan: Tenpō Reforms / United States: Webster–Ashburton Treaty

12 events. The text is the source chronology verbatim; the terms are in Sources & licenses. The grey lines above and below are the surrounding 2 years.

KoreaJoseon 1392–1897ChinaQing dynasty 1636–1912JapanEdo period 1603–1868United StatesUnited States 1776–
  • 향산 이만도(響山 李晩燾) 출생KO
  • 1840죽산 사람 안달원(安達源)이 관아에 불만을 품고 부사(府使) 행차시 가마를 부수고 하인을 구타함
  • 1840항일자정순국 죽포 김순흠(竹圃 金舜欽) 출생
  • 1840탁지(度支)에 비축한 왜동(倭銅) 20만 근으로 동전을 주조하게 함조선왕조실록CD-ROM간행위원회,
  • 1841경주민 수백 명이 환곡의 폐단 시정을 요구하며 상경하여 연일 대궐문에서 상소함
  • 1844경상도 산청에서 괘서한 김유선(金裕璿)을 효수하게 함
  • First Opium War
  • Treaty of Nanking
  • Battle of Ningpo
  • Battle of Chapu
  • Battle of Chinkiang
  • 中英簽署《南京條約》,第一次鴉片戰爭結束。ZH
  • 1840Battle of the Barrier
  • 1841Battle of Canton
  • 1841Battle of Amoy
  • 1841Ding Gongchen builds China's first steam engine
  • 1843Treaty of the Bogue
  • 1844Wei Yuan published the Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms.
  • 1844July — The Qing dynasty and the United States signed the Treaty of Wanghia, according to which the United States was granted most favoured nation (MFN) status and extraterritoriality was granted to its citizens resident in China.
  • Tenpō Reforms
  • 天保薪水給与令JA
  • 1844オランダ国王ウィレム2世、将軍徳川家慶に親書を送り開国を勧告する。
  • Webster–Ashburton Treaty
  • Dorr Rebellion
  • July 10, 1842 - January, 1843 – Attempted impeachment of President Tyler.
  • 18401840 United States presidential election
  • 1840Battle of Plum Creek
  • 1840Council House Fight
  • 1841John Quincy Adams argues the Amistad Case before the Supreme Court.
  • 1841September 11, 1841 – Tyler's cabinet resigns en masse. Only Daniel Webster remains.
  • 1841April 4, 1841 – President Harrison dies after only a month in office.
  • 1841March 6, 1841 – Supreme Court finds for Amistad defendants, freeing them.
  • 1841April 4, 1841 – Vice President Tyler becomes the tenth president
  • 1841March 4, 1841 – Harrison becomes the ninth president; Tyler becomes the tenth vice president.
  • 1843June 27, 1844 – Mormon leader, Joseph Smith Jr. assassinated.
  • 1843Emigrants begin their journey along the Oregon Trail.
  • 1844U.S. presidential election, 1844, James K. Polk is elected president; George M. Dallas is elected vice president.