1842 deaths

Marie-Henri Beyle (; 23 January 1783 – 23 March 1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal (, , ), was a French writer. Best known for the novels Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black, 1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma, 1839), he is highly regarded for the acute analysis of his characters' psychology and considered one of the early and foremost practitioners of realism. A self-proclaimed egotist, the neologism for the same characteristic in his characters was "Beylism".

French portrait painter (1755–1842)

Chilean independence leader (1778–1842)

German poet and novelist (1778–1842)

Italian Classical and Romantic composer (1760–1842)

French Navy officer and explorer (1790–1842)

Spanish poet (1808-1842)

First Lady of the United States (1790-1842)

Scottish physician, painter and theologian (1774–1842)

Russian poet (1809–1842)

Swiss economist and historian (1773-1842)

English educator and historian, headmaster of Rugby School (1795-1842)

Emir of Afghanistan (1839-1842) and ruler of the Durrani Empire (1803-1809)

Austrian singer

President of Federal Republic of Central America (1830-1839)

American Unitarian clergyman (1780–1842)

French soldier, politician and officer (1754-1842)

British politician (1760-1842)

Nodira (also spelled Nadira; 1792–1842) was a poet in the Khanate of Kokand, who wrote in Chagatai Turkic and Persian.

French prince of the house of Orléans (1810-1842)

French surgeon in Napoleon's army and an important innovator in battlefield medicine (1766-1842)

French chemist (1788-1842)

United States Secretary of the Navy (1757-1842)

German orientalist and theologian (1786–1842)

grand duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1800-1842)

Austrian artist (1796–1842)

French politician, atlas-maker and author (1766-1842)

Scottish mathematician

Polish pianist, composer of Czech origin; Frédéric Chopin's piano teacher

Scottish surgeon, botanist and naturalist (1754-1842)

British artist, writer and diplomat (1777-1842)

French general (1770-1842)

American botanist (1776-1842)

first Governor of New Zealand and co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi (1792-1842)

Italian saint

American statesman and orator (1775-1842)

French musician

British Army general (1772-1842)

regent of the Sikh Empire

British artist (1782-1842)

British Army general

Mexican spy

Danish composer

British botanist (1761-1842)

British painter and author (1785-1842)

British intelligence officer (1807–1842)

Corsican politician who became a Russian diplomat (1764-1842)

French politician and writer (1763-1842)

German librettist and lepidopterist

Bolivian politician, president and 3.º vice president of Bolivia (1782-1842)

German historian (1760-1842)

Prime Minister of Spain (1776-1842)

English botanist (1764-1842)

British Army general (1794–1842)

Russian scientist (1773-1842)

Scottish poet and author (1784–1842)

American politician (1768-1842)

French writer (1767-1842)

19th-century Irish sister, venerated by the Roman Catholic Church

Portuguese musician (1775-1842)