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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1310s 1320s 1330s – 1340s – 1350s 1360s 1370s |
| Years: | 1339 1340 1341 – 1342 – 1343 1344 1345 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1342 MCCCXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2095 |
| Armenian calendar | 791 ԹՎ ՉՂԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6092 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1263–1264 |
| Bengali calendar | 749 |
| Berber calendar | 2292 |
| English Regnal year | 15 Edw. 3 – 16 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1886 |
| Burmese calendar | 704 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6850–6851 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 4038 or 3978 — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 4039 or 3979 |
| Coptic calendar | 1058–1059 |
| Discordian calendar | 2508 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1334–1335 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5102–5103 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1398–1399 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1263–1264 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4442–4443 |
| Holocene calendar | 11342 |
| Igbo calendar | 342–343 |
| Iranian calendar | 720–721 |
| Islamic calendar | 742–743 |
| Japanese calendar | Ryakuō 5 / Kōei 1 (康永元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1254–1255 |
| Julian calendar | 1342 MCCCXLII |
| Korean calendar | 3675 |
| Minguo calendar | 570 before ROC 民前570年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −126 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1884–1885 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 1468 or 1087 or 315 — to — 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 1469 or 1088 or 316 |
Events change
- May – Pope Clement VI becomes pope
- John III Comnenus becomes emperor of Trebizond
- Louis becomes king of Sicily and duke of Athens
- Constantine IV becomes king of Armenia
- Patriarch of Antioch moved to Damascus while Ignatius II is king
- Kitzbühel becomes part of Tyrol
- Louis I becomes king of Hungary
- The Vijayanagara Empire is created in South India
Births change
- January 15 – Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (died 1404)
- November 10 – Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (died 1408)
- Leo VI of Armenia
- Avignon Pope Clement VII (died 1394)
- Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (died 1373)
- Julian of Norwich, English mystic (died 1413)
Deaths change
- January 29 – Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (born 1279)
- April 24 – Pope Benedict XII
- July 16 – King Charles I of Hungary
- November 29 – Michael of Cesena, Italian Franciscan leader (born 1270)
- Al-Jaldaki, Persian physician and alchemist
- William de Ros, 3rd Baron de Ros
- Marsilius of Padua, Italian scholar (born 1270)