942
year
942 was a common year.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| 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 change
Deaths 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