642
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This article is about the year 642. For the number (and other uses), see 642 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 610s 620s 630s – 640s – 650s 660s 670s |
| Years: | 639 640 641 – 642 – 643 644 645 |
| 642 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 642 DCXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1395 |
| Armenian calendar | 91 ԹՎ ՂԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5392 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1202–-1201 |
| Bengali calendar | 49 |
| Berber calendar | 1592 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1186 |
| Burmese calendar | 4 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6150–6151 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛丑年十一月廿五日 (3278/3338-11-25) — to —
壬寅年十二月初五日(3279/3339-12-5) |
| Coptic calendar | 358–359 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 634–635 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4402–4403 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 698–699 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 564–565 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3743–3744 |
| Holocene calendar | 10642 |
| Iranian calendar | 20–21 |
| Islamic calendar | 21–22 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2975 |
| Minguo calendar | 1270 before ROC 民前1270年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1185 |
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Year 642 (DCXLII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 642 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.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Europe
- August 5 – In the Battle of Maserfield, Penda, king of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald, king of Bernicia.
- Batbayan succeeds Kubrat as ruler of the Bulgars (approximate date).
[edit] Africa
- Arabs conquer Alexandria.
[edit] Asia
- Battle of Nehawand: Arabs conquer Persia.
- Empress Kōgyoku ascends to the throne of Japan.
- Yeon Gaesomun seizes power over the Goguryeo kingdom and places King Bojang on the throne.
- Emperor Taizong of Tang issues a decree throughout China that increases the punishment for men who deliberately inflict injuries upon themselves (most commonly breaking their own legs) in order to avoid military conscription. This decree is an effort to eradicate this practice that has grown as a trend since the time of the rebellion against the Sui Dynasty.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Arts and sciences
- The earliest surviving dated Arabic papyrus, PERF 558, and the earliest known Arabic text with diacritical marks is written.
[edit] Religion
- November 24 – Pope Theodore I succeeds Pope John IV as the 73rd pope.
- A monastic settlement is founded in Hampshire, England, which later becomes Winchester Cathedral.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- August 5 – Oswald, king of Bernicia and Bretwalda
- October 12 – Pope John IV
- Khalid bin Walid, Muslim general, conqueror of Damascus and Syria
- Yeongnyu of Goguryeo
- Yuwen Shiji, Chinese statesman
