| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 1342 by topic | |
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| 1342 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1342 MCCCXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2095 |
| Armenian calendar | 791 ԹՎ ՉՂԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6092 |
| Bengali calendar | 749 |
| Berber calendar | 2292 |
| English Regnal year | 15 Edw. 3 – 16 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1886 |
| Burmese calendar | 704 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6850–6851 |
| Chinese calendar |
辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 4038 or 3978 — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 4039 or 3979 |
| Coptic calendar | 1058–1059 |
| Discordian calendar | 2508 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1334–1335 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5102–5103 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1398–1399 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1263–1264 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4442–4443 |
| Holocene calendar | 11342 |
| Igbo calendar | 342–343 |
| Iranian calendar | 720–721 |
| Islamic calendar | 742–743 |
| Japanese calendar |
Ryakuō 5 / Kōei 1 (康永元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1254–1255 |
| Julian calendar | 1342 MCCCXLII |
| Korean calendar | 3675 |
| Minguo calendar | 570 before ROC 民前570年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −126 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1884–1885 |
Year 1342 (MCCCXLII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.