942
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| 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 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -902 – -901 |
| Bengali calendar | 349 |
| Berber calendar | 1892 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1486 |
| Burmese calendar | 304 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6450 – 6451 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛丑年十二月十二日 (3578/3638-12-12) — to —
壬寅年十一月廿一日(3579/3639-11-21) |
| Coptic calendar | 658 – 659 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 934 – 935 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4702 – 4703 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 997 – 998 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 864 – 865 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4043 – 4044 |
| Holocene calendar | 10942 |
| Iranian calendar | 320 – 321 |
| Islamic calendar | 330 – 331 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3275 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1485 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Asia
- Kaminarimon, the eight-pillared gate to Japan's Kinryuzan Sensouji Temple, is erected.
- The Chavda Kingdom is overthrown in Gujarat, India.
[edit] Europe
- Hywel Dda, king of Deheubarth, annexes Gwynedd to become ruler of most of Wales.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- October 30—Pope Marinus II succeeds Pope Stephen VIII as the 128th pope.
[edit] Births
- Pampa, Kannada poet in India
- Edgar of England (approximate date)
- Genshin (源信), influential Tendai scholar
[edit] Deaths
- 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
