1542
year
1542 (MDXLII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1542nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 542nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 16th century, and the 3rd year of the 1540s decade. As of the start of 1542, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1510s 1520s 1530s – 1540s – 1550s 1560s 1570s |
| Years: | 1539 1540 1541 – 1542 – 1543 1544 1545 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1542 MDXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2295 |
| Armenian calendar | 991 ԹՎ ՋՂԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6292 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1463–1464 |
| Bengali calendar | 949 |
| Berber calendar | 2492 |
| English Regnal year | 33 Hen. 8 – 34 Hen. 8 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2086 |
| Burmese calendar | 904 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7050–7051 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4238 or 4178 — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4239 or 4179 |
| Coptic calendar | 1258–1259 |
| Discordian calendar | 2708 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1534–1535 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5302–5303 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1598–1599 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1463–1464 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4642–4643 |
| Holocene calendar | 11542 |
| Igbo calendar | 542–543 |
| Iranian calendar | 920–921 |
| Islamic calendar | 948–949 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenbun 11 (天文１１年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1460–1461 |
| Julian calendar | 1542 MDXLII |
| Korean calendar | 3875 |
| Minguo calendar | 370 before ROC 民前370年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 74 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2084–2085 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1668 or 1287 or 515 — to — 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 1669 or 1288 or 516 |
Events
changeBirths
change- June 6 – Richard Grenville, Elizabethan sailor (died 1591)
- June 24 – St. John of the Cross, Spanish Carmelite friar and poet (died 1591)
- October 15 – Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, ruler of the Mughal Empire (died 1605)
- December 8 – Mary, Queen of Scots (died 1587)
- Robert Bellarmine, Catholic theologian and saint (died 1621)
- Toda Kazuaki, samurai in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu (died 1604)
- Anthony Shirley, English traveller (died 1635)
- John Speed, historian (died 1629)
- Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese daimyo (died 1611)
- Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander
- Jan Zamoyski, Polish nobleman (died 1605)