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Gregorian calendar | 1942 MCMXLII |
Ab urbe condita | 2695 |
Armenian calendar | 1391 ԹՎ ՌՅՂԱ |
Assyrian calendar | 6692 |
Baháʼí calendar | 98–99 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1863–1864 |
Bengali calendar | 1349 |
Berber calendar | 2892 |
British Regnal year | 6 Geo. 6 – 7 Geo. 6 |
Buddhist calendar | 2486 |
Burmese calendar | 1304 |
Byzantine calendar | 7450–7451 |
Chinese calendar | 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 4639 or 4432 — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 4640 or 4433 |
Coptic calendar | 1658–1659 |
Discordian calendar | 3108 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1934–1935 |
Hebrew calendar | 5702–5703 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1998–1999 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1863–1864 |
- Kali Yuga | 5042–5043 |
Holocene calendar | 11942 |
Igbo calendar | 942–943 |
Iranian calendar | 1320–1321 |
Islamic calendar | 1360–1361 |
Japanese calendar | Shōwa 17 (昭和17年) |
Javanese calendar | 1872–1873 |
Juche calendar | 31 |
Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
Korean calendar | 4275 |
Minguo calendar | ROC 31 民國31年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | 474 |
Thai solar calendar | 2485 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 2068 or 1687 or 915 — to — 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 2069 or 1688 or 916 |
1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1942nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 942nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1940s decade.
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was the deadliest such year. Death toll estimates for both 1941 and 1942 range from 2.28 to 7.71 million each.[1]