1242

1242 (MCCXLII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1242nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 242nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 13th century, and the 3rd year of the 1240s decade. As of the start of 1242, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	12th century – 13th century – 14th century
Decades:	1210s  1220s  1230s  – 1240s –  1250s  1260s  1270s
Years:	1239 1240 1241 – 1242 – 1243 1244 1245

1242 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1242 MCCXLII
Ab urbe condita	1995
Armenian calendar	691 ԹՎ ՈՂԱ
Assyrian calendar	5992
Balinese saka calendar	1163–1164
Bengali calendar	649
Berber calendar	2192
English Regnal year	26 Hen. 3 – 27 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar	1786
Burmese calendar	604
Byzantine calendar	6750–6751
Chinese calendar	辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 3938 or 3878     — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 3939 or 3879
Coptic calendar	958–959
Discordian calendar	2408
Ethiopian calendar	1234–1235
Hebrew calendar	5002–5003
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1298–1299
- Shaka Samvat	1163–1164
- Kali Yuga	4342–4343
Holocene calendar	11242
Igbo calendar	242–243
Iranian calendar	620–621
Islamic calendar	639–640
Japanese calendar	Ninji 3 (仁治３年)
Javanese calendar	1151–1152
Julian calendar	1242 MCCXLII
Korean calendar	3575
Minguo calendar	670 before ROC 民前670年
Nanakshahi calendar	−226
Thai solar calendar	1784–1785
Tibetan calendar	阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1368 or 987 or 215     — to — 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 1369 or 988 or 216

Deaths

• February 10 – Emperor Shijō of Japan (born 1231)
• October 7 – Emperor Juntoku of Japan (born 1197)
• William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
• Archambaud VIII of Bourbon
• Hojo Yasutoki, regent of Japan (born 1183)
• Richard Mor de Burgh