1542 (MDXLII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1542nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 542nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 16th century, and the 3rd year of the 1540s decade. As of the start of 1542, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 15th century16th century17th century
Decades: 1510s  1520s  1530s  – 1540s –  1550s  1560s  1570s
Years: 1539 1540 154115421543 1544 1545
1542 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1542
MDXLII
Ab urbe condita2295
Armenian calendar991
ԹՎ ՋՂԱ
Assyrian calendar6292
Balinese saka calendar1463–1464
Bengali calendar949
Berber calendar2492
English Regnal year33 Hen. 8 – 34 Hen. 8
Buddhist calendar2086
Burmese calendar904
Byzantine calendar7050–7051
Chinese calendar辛丑(Metal Ox)
4238 or 4178
    — to —
壬寅年 (Water Tiger)
4239 or 4179
Coptic calendar1258–1259
Discordian calendar2708
Ethiopian calendar1534–1535
Hebrew calendar5302–5303
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1598–1599
 - Shaka Samvat1463–1464
 - Kali Yuga4642–4643
Holocene calendar11542
Igbo calendar542–543
Iranian calendar920–921
Islamic calendar948–949
Japanese calendarTenbun 11
(天文11年)
Javanese calendar1460–1461
Julian calendar1542
MDXLII
Korean calendar3875
Minguo calendar370 before ROC
民前370年
Nanakshahi calendar74
Thai solar calendar2084–2085
Tibetan calendar阴金牛年
(female Iron-Ox)
1668 or 1287 or 515
    — to —
阳水虎年
(male Water-Tiger)
1669 or 1288 or 516

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