942

942 (CMXLII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 942nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 942nd year of the 1st millennium, the 42nd year of the 10th century, and the 3rd year of the 940s decade. As of the start of 942, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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

942 in other calendars

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

• The Chavda Kingdom is overthrown in Gujarat, India.
• October 30 – Pope Marinus II succeeds Pope Stephen VIII as the 128th pope.

Births

• Pampa, Kannada poet in India
• Genshin, Tendai scholar

Deaths

• 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