1542

Millennium: 2nd millennium
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Decades:
Years:
September 28Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claims California for the Spanish Empire.
1542 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1542
MDXLII
Ab urbe condita2295
Armenian calendar991
ԹՎ ՋՂԱ
Assyrian calendar6292
Balinese saka calendar1463–1464
Bengali calendar949
Berber calendar2492
English Regnal year33 Hen. 8 – 34 Hen. 8
Buddhist calendar2086
Burmese calendar904
Byzantine calendar7050–7051
Chinese calendar辛丑年 (Metal Ox)
4239 or 4032
    — to —
壬寅年 (Water Tiger)
4240 or 4033
Coptic calendar1258–1259
Discordian calendar2708
Ethiopian calendar1534–1535
Hebrew calendar5302–5303
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1598–1599
 - Shaka Samvat1463–1464
 - Kali Yuga4642–4643
Holocene calendar11542
Igbo calendar542–543
Iranian calendar920–921
Islamic calendar948–949
Japanese calendarTenbun 11
(天文11年)
Javanese calendar1460–1461
Julian calendar1542
MDXLII
Korean calendar3875
Minguo calendar370 before ROC
民前370年
Nanakshahi calendar74
Thai solar calendar2084–2085
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.