1042

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1010s  1020s  1030s  – 1040s –  1050s  1060s  1070s
Years:	1039 1040 1041 – 1042 – 1043 1044 1045

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1042 (MXLII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1042nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 42nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 11th century, and the 3rd year of the 1040s decade. As of the start of 1042, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Constantine IX (left).

Events

• Edward the Confessor becomes King of England.

Births

• Pope Urban II (died 1099)

Deaths

• Michael V, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1015)