542

This article is about the year 542. For the number, see 542 (number). For other uses, see 542 (disambiguation).
Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 5th century6th century7th century
Decades: 510s  520s  530s 540s 550s  560s  570s
Years: 539 540 541542543 544 545
542 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
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Births – Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
542 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar542
DXLII
Ab urbe condita1295
Assyrian calendar5292
Bengali calendar−51
Berber calendar1492
Buddhist calendar1086
Burmese calendar−96
Byzantine calendar6050–6051
Chinese calendar辛酉(Metal Rooster)
3238 or 3178
     to 
壬戌年 (Water Dog)
3239 or 3179
Coptic calendar258–259
Discordian calendar1708
Ethiopian calendar534–535
Hebrew calendar4302–4303
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat598–599
 - Shaka Samvat464–465
 - Kali Yuga3643–3644
Holocene calendar10542
Iranian calendar80 BP – 79 BP
Islamic calendar83 BH – 81 BH
Julian calendar542
DXLII
Korean calendar2875
Minguo calendar1370 before ROC
民前1370年
Seleucid era853/854 AG
Thai solar calendar1084–1085
King Totila razes the walls of Florence

Year 542 (DXLII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. From this year forward, the appointment of particular Roman consuls was abandoned and the office was merged with that of Byzantine emperor. Thus, the consular year dating was abandoned in practice, even though it formally remained until the end of the 9th century. The denomination 542 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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References

  1. Farrokh 2007, p. 235
  2. J.B. Bury, 1923. History of the later Roman Empire, chapter XIX
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