1442 (MCDXLII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1442nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 442nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 15th century, and the 3rd year of the 1440s decade. As of the start of 1442, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 14th century15th century16th century
Decades: 1410s  1420s  1430s  – 1440s –  1450s  1460s  1470s
Years: 1439 1440 144114421443 1444 1445
1442 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1442
MCDXLII
Ab urbe condita2195
Armenian calendar891
ԹՎ ՊՂԱ
Assyrian calendar6192
Balinese saka calendar1363–1364
Bengali calendar849
Berber calendar2392
English Regnal year20 Hen. 6 – 21 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar1986
Burmese calendar804
Byzantine calendar6950–6951
Chinese calendar辛酉(Metal Rooster)
4138 or 4078
    — to —
壬戌年 (Water Dog)
4139 or 4079
Coptic calendar1158–1159
Discordian calendar2608
Ethiopian calendar1434–1435
Hebrew calendar5202–5203
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1498–1499
 - Shaka Samvat1363–1364
 - Kali Yuga4542–4543
Holocene calendar11442
Igbo calendar442–443
Iranian calendar820–821
Islamic calendar845–846
Japanese calendarKakitsu 2
(嘉吉2年)
Javanese calendar1357–1358
Julian calendar1442
MCDXLII
Korean calendar3775
Minguo calendar470 before ROC
民前470年
Nanakshahi calendar−26
Thai solar calendar1984–1985
Tibetan calendar阴金鸡年
(female Iron-Rooster)
1568 or 1187 or 415
    — to —
阳水狗年
(male Water-Dog)
1569 or 1188 or 416

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