942
year
942 (CMXLII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 942nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 942nd year of the 1st millennium, the 42nd year of the 10th century, and the 3rd year of the 940s decade. As of the start of 942, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
Decades: | 910s 920s 930s – 940s – 950s 960s 970s |
Years: | 939 940 941 – 942 – 943 944 945 |
Gregorian calendar | 942 CMXLII |
Ab urbe condita | 1695 |
Armenian calendar | 391 ԹՎ ՅՂԱ |
Assyrian calendar | 5692 |
Balinese saka calendar | 863–864 |
Bengali calendar | 349 |
Berber calendar | 1892 |
Buddhist calendar | 1486 |
Burmese calendar | 304 |
Byzantine calendar | 6450–6451 |
Chinese calendar | 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 3638 or 3578 — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 3639 or 3579 |
Coptic calendar | 658–659 |
Discordian calendar | 2108 |
Ethiopian calendar | 934–935 |
Hebrew calendar | 4702–4703 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 998–999 |
- Shaka Samvat | 863–864 |
- Kali Yuga | 4042–4043 |
Holocene calendar | 10942 |
Iranian calendar | 320–321 |
Islamic calendar | 330–331 |
Japanese calendar | Tengyō 5 (天慶5年) |
Javanese calendar | 842–843 |
Julian calendar | 942 CMXLII |
Korean calendar | 3275 |
Minguo calendar | 970 before ROC 民前970年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −526 |
Seleucid era | 1253/1254 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1484–1485 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1068 or 687 or −85 — to — 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 1069 or 688 or −84 |
Events
change- The Chavda Kingdom is overthrown in Gujarat, India.
- October 30 – Pope Marinus II succeeds Pope Stephen VIII as the 128th pope.
Births
changeDeaths
change- King Idwal Foel of Gwynedd
- December 17 – William I of Normandy
- Gaozu of Later Jin, founder of the Later Jin Dynasty in China
- Liu Yan of the Southern Han Kingdom