542
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 542 DXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1295 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5292 |
| Bengali calendar | −51 |
| Berber calendar | 1492 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1086 |
| Burmese calendar | −96 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6050–6051 |
| Chinese calendar |
辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3238 or 3178 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3239 or 3179 |
| Coptic calendar | 258–259 |
| Discordian calendar | 1708 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 534–535 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4302–4303 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 598–599 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 463–464 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3642–3643 |
| Holocene calendar | 10542 |
| Iranian calendar | 80 BP – 79 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 83 BH – 81 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 429–430 |
| Julian calendar | 542 DXLII |
| Korean calendar | 2875 |
| Minguo calendar | 1370 before ROC 民前1370年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −926 |
| Seleucid era | 853/854 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1084–1085 |
Year 542 (DXLII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. From this year forward, the appointment of particular Roman consuls was abandoned and the office was merged with that of Byzantine emperor. Thus, the consular year dating was abandoned in practice, even though it formally remained until the end of the 9th century. The denomination 542 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
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