1142 (MCXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1142nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 142nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 12th century, and the 3rd year of the 1140s decade. As of the start of 1142, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 11th century12th century13th century
Decades: 1110s  1120s  1130s  – 1140s –  1150s  1160s  1170s
Years: 1139 1140 114111421143 1144 1145
1142 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1142
MCXLII
Ab urbe condita1895
Armenian calendar591
ԹՎ ՇՂԱ
Assyrian calendar5892
Balinese saka calendar1063–1064
Bengali calendar549
Berber calendar2092
English Regnal yearSte. 1 – 8 Ste. 1
Buddhist calendar1686
Burmese calendar504
Byzantine calendar6650–6651
Chinese calendar辛酉(Metal Rooster)
3838 or 3778
    — to —
壬戌年 (Water Dog)
3839 or 3779
Coptic calendar858–859
Discordian calendar2308
Ethiopian calendar1134–1135
Hebrew calendar4902–4903
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1198–1199
 - Shaka Samvat1063–1064
 - Kali Yuga4242–4243
Holocene calendar11142
Igbo calendar142–143
Iranian calendar520–521
Islamic calendar536–537
Japanese calendarEiji 2 / Kōji 1
(康治元年)
Javanese calendar1048–1049
Julian calendar1142
MCXLII
Korean calendar3475
Minguo calendar770 before ROC
民前770年
Nanakshahi calendar−326
Seleucid era1453/1454 AG
Thai solar calendar1684–1685
Tibetan calendar阴金鸡年
(female Iron-Rooster)
1268 or 887 or 115
    — to —
阳水狗年
(male Water-Dog)
1269 or 888 or 116

Events

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By area

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Africa

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  • When it was unable to feed its population during a famine, the emir of the great commercial center of Mahdia has to recognize the de facto protectorate of Roger II of Sicily.[1]
  • Failed Norman raid against the city of Tripoli.[2]

Europe

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. Abulafia, David (1985). The Norman kingdom of Africa and the Norman expeditions to Majorca and the Muslim Mediterranean. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-416-6.
  2. Bresc, Henri (2003). "La Sicile et l'espace libyen au Moyen Age" (PDF). Retrieved January 17, 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)