1042
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1010s 1020s 1030s – 1040s – 1050s 1060s 1070s |
| Years: | 1039 1040 1041 – 1042 – 1043 1044 1045 |
| 1042 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1042 MXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1795 |
| Armenian calendar | 491 ԹՎ ՆՂԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5792 |
| Bahá'í calendar | −802 – −801 |
| Bengali calendar | 449 |
| Berber calendar | 1992 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1586 |
| Burmese calendar | 404 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6550–6551 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 3738 or 3678 — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 3739 or 3679 |
| Coptic calendar | 758–759 |
| Discordian calendar | 2208 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1034–1035 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4802–4803 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1098–1099 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 964–965 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4143–4144 |
| Holocene calendar | 11042 |
| Igbo calendar | 42–43 |
| Iranian calendar | 420–421 |
| Islamic calendar | 433–434 |
| Japanese calendar | Chōkyū 3 (長久３年) |
| Juche calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 1042 MXLII |
| Korean calendar | 3375 |
| Minguo calendar | 870 before ROC 民前870年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1585 |
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Year 1042 (MXLII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- April 18 or April 19 – Emperor Michael V of the Byzantine Empire attempts to remain sole Emperor by sending his adoptive mother and co-ruler Zoe of Byzantium to a monastery.
- April 19 – Michael V of the Byzantine Empire is deposed by popular revolt. Zoe, Empress of the Byzantine Empire with co-rulers since 1028, becomes reigning Empress with her sister Theodora.
- June 8 – Edward the Confessor becomes King of England.
- June 11 – Empress Zoe marries for the third time and elevates her husband to the throne as Constantine IX.
- George Maniaces, Byzantine general in Sicily, revolts against Constantine IX.
- Harald III of Norway, at this time leader of the Varangian Guard in the Byzantine Empire, returns to Norway, possibly because of his involvement in Maniaces' revolt.
- Magnus I of Norway becomes King of Denmark.
- The Normans in Italy move their capital to Melfi.
- Abad II succeeds his father to the throne of Sevilla.
- Incursions by the Western Xia and the threat of further Liao Dynasty military actions against the Song Dynasty force an increase in tribute payments to the Liao.
- The Almoravids, led by Abdullah Ibn Yasin, invade Morocco.
- Byzantine-Arab Wars: The Byzantines conquer Edessa, returning to Christian hands after 400 years of Islamic rule.
Births
- Pope Urban II (d. 1099)
Deaths
- June 8 – Harthacanute, King of Denmark and England
- August 24 – Michael V, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1015)
References
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