| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 1542 by topic |
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| 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) 4239 or 4032 — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4240 or 4033 |
| 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 |
Year 1542 (MDXLII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.