942
This article is about the year 942. For the number, see 942 (number).
| 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 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 942 CMXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1695 |
| Armenian calendar | 391 ԹՎ ՅՂԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5692 |
| 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 | 864–865 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4043–4044 |
| Holocene calendar | 10942 |
| Iranian calendar | 320–321 |
| Islamic calendar | 330–331 |
| Japanese calendar | Tengyō 5 (天慶５年) |
| Julian calendar | 942 CMXLII |
| Korean calendar | 3275 |
| Minguo calendar | 970 before ROC 民前970年 |
| Seleucid era | 1253/1254 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1484–1485 |
Year 942 (CMXLII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- The Chavda Kingdom is overthrown in Gujarat, India.
Europe
- December 17 – William I, Duke of Normandy, is ambushed by supporters of Arnulf I, Count of Flanders while the two are at a peace conference to settle their differences.
- Hywel Dda, king of Deheubarth, annexes Gwynedd and Powys to become ruler of most of Wales.
- A Hungarian army attacks the Umayyad Spain. They besiege the cities of Lerida, Cerdanya, Huesca, than they capture Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn al Tawil, the ruler of the town Barbastro.
By topic
Religion
- October 30 – Pope Marinus II succeeds Pope Stephen VIII as the 128th pope.
Births
Deaths
- February 13 – Muhammad ibn Ra'iq, amir al-umara
- Pope Stephen VIII
- King Idwal Foel of Gwynedd
- December 17 – William I of Normandy
- Gaozu of Later Jin, founder of the Later Jin dynasty in China (b. 892)
- Liu Yan of the Southern Han Kingdom
References
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