1342
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| Centuries: | 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
| Decades: | 1310s 1320s 1330s - 1340s - 1350s 1360s 1370s |
| Years: | 1339 1340 1341 - 1342 - 1343 1344 1345 |
| 1342 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1342 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1342
- May 7 - Pope Clement VI succeeds Pope Benedict XII as the 198th pope.
- July 16 - Louis I becomes king of Hungary.
- August 15 - Louis "the Child" becomes king of Sicily and duke of Athens.
- September 4 - John III Comnenus becomes emperor of Trebizond.
[edit] Undated
- Guy de Lusignan becomes King Gosdantin II of Armenia.
- The Patriarch of Antioch is transferred to Damascus under Ignatius II.
- Kitzbühel becomes part of Tyrol.
- The Vijayanagara Empire is established in South India.
| Gregorian calendar | 1342 MCCCXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2095 |
| Armenian calendar | 791 ԹՎ ՉՂԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -502 – -501 |
| Berber calendar | 2292 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1886 |
| Burmese calendar | 704 |
| Chinese calendar | 3978/4038-11-24 (辛巳年十一月廿四日) — to —
3979/4039-12-4(壬午年十二月初四日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1058 – 1059 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1334 – 1335 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5102 – 5103 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1397 – 1398 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1264 – 1265 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4443 – 4444 |
| Holocene calendar | 11342 |
| Iranian calendar | 720 – 721 |
| Islamic calendar | 742 – 743 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3675 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1885 |
[edit] Births
- January 15 - Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1404)
- April 6 - Infanta Maria, Marchioness of Tortosa (d. after 1363)
- ?November 8 - Julian of Norwich, English mystic (d. 1413)
- date unknown
- Levon V Lusignan of Armenia (d. 1393)
- Avignon Pope Clement VII (d. 1394)
- Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (d. 1373)
- John Trevisa, English translator (d. 1402)
- Also see Category:1342 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 29 - Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279)
- February 16 - William de Ros, 3rd Baron de Ros
- April 24 - Pope Benedict XII
- July 16 - King Charles I of Hungary
- November 29 - Michael of Cesena, Italian Franciscan leader (b. 1270)
- date unknown
- Al-Jaldaki, Persian physician and alchemist
- Peter Paludanus, French bishop and theologian (b. c. 1275)
- probable - Marsilius of Padua, Italian scholar (b. 1270)
- Also see Category:1342 deaths.
