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=== October–December ===
* [[October 5]] – [[Josef Groll]] brews the first [[pilsner]] [[light lager]] beer in the city of [[Plzeň|Pilsen]], [[Bohemia]] (the modern-day Czech Republic).
* [[October 29]] – The [[Iberian Peninsula]] is struck by a [[1842 Spain hurricane|category 2 hurricane]].
* [[November 10]] & [[November 19|19]] – London [[Debtors' prison#England and Wales|debtor's prison]]s the [[Fleet Prison]] and [[Marshalsea]] are closed and inmates transferred to [[Queen's Bench Prison]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Mitchel P.|last=Roth|title=Prisons and Prison Systems: A Global Encyclopedia|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-32856-5}}</ref> [[Pentonville (HM Prison)|Pentonville Prison]] for criminals is completed in north [[London]] this year.
* [[November 26]] – The [[University of Notre Dame]] in [[Notre Dame, Indiana]] (United States) is established by Father [[Edward Sorin]], of the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Congregation of Holy Cross]].
* [[December 7]] – The [[New York Philharmonic]], founded by [[Ureli Corelli Hill]], performs its first concert.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ureli Corelli Hill|url=https://nyphil.org/about-us/artists/ureli-corelli-hill|publisher=[[New York Philharmonic]]|access-date=March 2, 2017|archive-date=March 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303045527/https://nyphil.org/about-us/artists/ureli-corelli-hill|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 20]] – [[The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina]], is established.