942

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

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942 (CMXLII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 942nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 942nd year of the 1st millennium, the 42nd year of the 10th century, and the 3rd year of the 940s decade. As of the start of 942, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• The Chavda Kingdom is overthrown in Gujarat, India.
• October 30 – Pope Marinus II succeeds Pope Stephen VIII as the 128th pope.

Births

• Pampa, Kannada poet in India
• Genshin, Tendai scholar

Deaths

• King Idwal Foel of Gwynedd
• December 17 – William I of Normandy
• Gaozu of Later Jin, founder of the Later Jin Dynasty in China
• Liu Yan of the Southern Han Kingdom