1142
year
1142 (MCXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1142nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 142nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 12th century, and the 3rd year of the 1140s decade. As of the start of 1142, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1110s 1120s 1130s – 1140s – 1150s 1160s 1170s |
| Years: | 1139 1140 1141 – 1142 – 1143 1144 1145 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1142 MCXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1895 |
| Armenian calendar | 591 ԹՎ ՇՂԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5892 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1063–1064 |
| Bengali calendar | 549 |
| Berber calendar | 2092 |
| English Regnal year | 7 Ste. 1 – 8 Ste. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1686 |
| Burmese calendar | 504 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6650–6651 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3838 or 3778 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3839 or 3779 |
| Coptic calendar | 858–859 |
| Discordian calendar | 2308 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1134–1135 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4902–4903 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1198–1199 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1063–1064 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4242–4243 |
| Holocene calendar | 11142 |
| Igbo calendar | 142–143 |
| Iranian calendar | 520–521 |
| Islamic calendar | 536–537 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiji 2 / Kōji 1 (康治元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1048–1049 |
| Julian calendar | 1142 MCXLII |
| Korean calendar | 3475 |
| Minguo calendar | 770 before ROC 民前770年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −326 |
| Seleucid era | 1453/1454 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1684–1685 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1268 or 887 or 115 — to — 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 1269 or 888 or 116 |
Events
changeBy area
changeAfrica
change- When it was unable to feed its population during a famine, the emir of the great commercial center of Mahdia has to recognize the de facto protectorate of Roger II of Sicily.[1]
- Failed Norman raid against the city of Tripoli.[2]
Asia
change- Emperor Konoe succeeds Emperor Sutoku on the throne of Japan.
Europe
change- Henry the Lion becomes Duke of Saxony.
- The Empress Maud grants Oakley, Buckinghamshire Church, with its chapels of Brill, Boarstall and Addingrove, to the monks of St. Frideswide's Priory, in Oxford.
Births
change- Farid od-Din Mohammad ebn Ebrahim 'Attar, Persian mystical poet (d. 1220)
- Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1192)
Deaths
change- January 27 – Yue Fei, Chinese military leader (b. 1103)
- April 21 – Pierre Abélard, French scholastic philosopher (b. 1079)
- Orderic Vitalis, English chronicler (b. 1075)
References
change- ↑ Abulafia, David (1985). The Norman kingdom of Africa and the Norman expeditions to Majorca and the Muslim Mediterranean. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-416-6.
- ↑ Bresc, Henri (2003). "La Sicile et l'espace libyen au Moyen Age" (PDF). Retrieved January 17, 2012.
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