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| Gregorian calendar | 1242 MCCXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1995 |
| Armenian calendar | 691 ԹՎ ՈՂԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5992 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1163–1164 |
| Bengali calendar | 649 |
| Berber calendar | 2192 |
| English Regnal year | 26 Hen. 3 – 27 Hen. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1786 |
| Burmese calendar | 604 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6750–6751 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 3938 or 3878 — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 3939 or 3879 |
| Coptic calendar | 958–959 |
| Discordian calendar | 2408 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1234–1235 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5002–5003 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1298–1299 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1163–1164 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4342–4343 |
| Holocene calendar | 11242 |
| Igbo calendar | 242–243 |
| Iranian calendar | 620–621 |
| Islamic calendar | 639–640 |
| Japanese calendar | Ninji 3 (仁治３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1151–1152 |
| Julian calendar | 1242 MCCXLII |
| Korean calendar | 3575 |
| Minguo calendar | 670 before ROC 民前670年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −226 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1784–1785 |
| Tibetan calendar | ལྕགས་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Iron-Ox) 1368 or 987 or 215 — to — ཆུ་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Water-Tiger) 1369 or 988 or 216 |
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1242 (MCCXLII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1242nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 242nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 13th century, and the 3rd year of the 1240s decade. As of the start of 1242, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Deaths
- February 10 – Emperor Shijō of Japan (born 1231)
- October 7 – Emperor Juntoku of Japan (born 1197)
- William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
- Archambaud VIII of Bourbon
- Hojo Yasutoki, regent of Japan (born 1183)
- Richard Mor de Burgh