1342 (MCCCXLII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1342nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 342nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 14th century, and the 3rd year of the 1340s decade. As of the start of 1342, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 13th century14th century15th century
Decades: 1310s  1320s  1330s  – 1340s –  1350s  1360s  1370s
Years: 1339 1340 134113421343 1344 1345
1342 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1342
MCCCXLII
Ab urbe condita2095
Armenian calendar791
ԹՎ ՉՂԱ
Assyrian calendar6092
Balinese saka calendar1263–1264
Bengali calendar749
Berber calendar2292
English Regnal year15 Edw. 3 – 16 Edw. 3
Buddhist calendar1886
Burmese calendar704
Byzantine calendar6850–6851
Chinese calendar辛巳(Metal Snake)
4038 or 3978
    — to —
壬午年 (Water Horse)
4039 or 3979
Coptic calendar1058–1059
Discordian calendar2508
Ethiopian calendar1334–1335
Hebrew calendar5102–5103
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1398–1399
 - Shaka Samvat1263–1264
 - Kali Yuga4442–4443
Holocene calendar11342
Igbo calendar342–343
Iranian calendar720–721
Islamic calendar742–743
Japanese calendarRyakuō 5 / Kōei 1
(康永元年)
Javanese calendar1254–1255
Julian calendar1342
MCCCXLII
Korean calendar3675
Minguo calendar570 before ROC
民前570年
Nanakshahi calendar−126
Thai solar calendar1884–1885
Tibetan calendar阴金蛇年
(female Iron-Snake)
1468 or 1087 or 315
    — to —
阳水马年
(male Water-Horse)
1469 or 1088 or 316

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