42 BC
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| Gregorian calendar | 42 BC XLI BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 712 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 282 |
| - Pharaoh | Cleopatra VII, 10 |
| Ancient Greek era | 184th Olympiad, year 3 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4709 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −634 |
| Berber calendar | 909 |
| Buddhist calendar | 503 |
| Burmese calendar | −679 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5467–5468 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 2655 or 2595 — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 2656 or 2596 |
| Coptic calendar | −325 – −324 |
| Discordian calendar | 1125 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −49 – −48 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3719–3720 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 15–16 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3059–3060 |
| Holocene calendar | 9959 |
| Iranian calendar | 663 BP – 662 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 683 BH – 682 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 42 BC XLI BC |
| Korean calendar | 2292 |
| Minguo calendar | 1953 before ROC 民前1953年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1509 |
| Seleucid era | 270/271 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 501–502 |
| Tibetan calendar | ས་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Earth-Tiger) 85 or −296 or −1068 — to — ས་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Earth-Hare) 86 or −295 or −1067 |
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Year 42 BC was either a common year starting on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lepidus and Plancus.
Events
- Marcus Junius Brutus plunders the cities of Asia Minor
- Gaius Cassius Longinus occupies Rhodes
- Mark Antony lands with an army in Illyria
- Mark Antony and Octavian Caesar fight against Caesar's assassins Marcus Junius Brutus and Cassius in the Battle of Philippi.
Births
- for more information, see Category:42 BC births.
Deaths
- for more information, see Category:42 BC deaths.
- Gaius Cassius Longinus, assassin of Julius Caesar
- Marcus Junius Brutus, assassin of Julius Caesar
- Marcus Livius Drusus, Roman nobleman
- Porcia Catonis, wife of Brutus
- Gaius Antonius, brother of Mark Antony