942

942 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	942; CMXLII
Ab urbe condita	1695
Armenian calendar	391; ԹՎ ՅՂԱ
Assyrian calendar	5692
Balinese saka calendar	863–864
Bengali calendar	349
Berber calendar	1892
Buddhist calendar	1486
Burmese calendar	304
Byzantine calendar	6450–6451
Chinese calendar	辛丑年 (Metal Ox); 3639 or 3432; — to —; 壬寅年 (Water Tiger); 3640 or 3433
Coptic calendar	658–659
Discordian calendar	2108
Ethiopian calendar	934–935
Hebrew calendar	4702–4703
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	998–999
- Shaka Samvat	863–864
- Kali Yuga	4042–4043
Holocene calendar	10942
Iranian calendar	320–321
Islamic calendar	330–331
Japanese calendar	Tengyō 5; (天慶５年)
Javanese calendar	842–843
Julian calendar	942; CMXLII
Korean calendar	3275
Minguo calendar	970 before ROC; 民前970年
Nanakshahi calendar	−526
Seleucid era	1253/1254 AG
Thai solar calendar	1484–1485
Tibetan calendar	阴金牛年; (female Iron-Ox); 1068 or 687 or −85; — to —; 阳水虎年; (male Water-Tiger); 1069 or 688 or −84

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century; 10th century ; 11th century;
Decades:	920s; 930s; 940s ; 950s; 960s;
Years:	939; 940; 941; 942 ; 943; 944; 945;

Year 942 (CMXLII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

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 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.