1142

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century 12th century 13th century
Decades:	1120s 1130s 1140s 1150s 1160s
Years:	1139 1140 1141 1142 1143 1144 1145

1142 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	1142 MCXLII
Ab urbe condita	1895
Armenian calendar	591 ԹՎ ՇՂԱ
Assyrian calendar	5892
Balinese saka calendar	1063–1064
Bengali calendar	549
Berber calendar	2092
English Regnal year	7Ste. 1– 8Ste. 1
Buddhist calendar	1686
Burmese calendar	504
Byzantine calendar	6650–6651
Chinese calendar	Tân dậuNăm (MetalRooster) 3839 or 3632 — to — Nhâm tuất năm (WaterDog) 3840 or 3633
Coptic calendar	858–859
Discordian calendar	2308
Ethiopian calendar	1134–1135
Hebrew calendar	4902–4903
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1198–1199
-Shaka Samvat	1063–1064
-Kali Yuga	4242–4243
Holocene calendar	11142
Igbo calendar	142–143
Iranian calendar	520–521
Islamic calendar	536–537
Japanese calendar	Eiji (era)2 /Kōji1 ( khang trị nguyên niên )
Javanese calendar	1048–1049
Julian calendar	1142 MCXLII
Korean calendar	3475
Minguo calendar	770 beforeROC Dân trước 770 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−326
Seleucid era	1453/1454AG
Thai solar calendar	1684–1685
Tibetan calendar	Âm kim gà năm (female Iron-Rooster) 1268 or 887 or 115 — to — Dương thủy cẩu năm (male Water-Dog) 1269 or 888 or 116

DukeHenry the Lion(c. 1129–1195)

Year1142(MCXLII) was acommon year starting on Thursday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• Spring – EmperorJohn II Komnenosand his sons lead a Byzantine expeditionary force acrossAnatoliatoAntalya.He drives back theSeljuksandTurcomans– who again are trying to invadePhrygia.John strengthens the frontier defences in northernSyriaand sends an embassy toGermany– to seek an alliance against KingRoger II of Sicily.To seal the alliance, the emissaries request that KingConrad IIIsend a princess of his family to be married to the emperor's son,Manuel.Instead, Conrad selects his sister-in-law,Bertha of Sulzbach,and sends her to theByzantine Empireescorted byEmicho of Leiningen,bishop ofWürzburg.
• Late Summer – John II establishes a supply base for his further campaigns at Antalya. While waiting for reinforcements, his eldest sonAlexiosand appointed heir, falls ill and dies. His other two sons,AndronikosandIsaacare tasked to escort the body, but during the voyage Andronikos also dies. John continues his campaign against theArmenian kingdom of Cilicia– to re-conquer the fortresses that theDanishmendshave taken. He appears by forced marches atTurbesselin mid-September.Meanwhile, Isaac brings the corpses of his two brothers back toConstantinople,where they are entombed in thePantokrator Monastery.

Europe

• KingLouis VIIthe Younger of France becomes involved in a civil war withTheobald II( "the Great" ), count ofChampagne,by permitting his cousinRalph I of Vermandois(seneschalofFrance) to repudiate his wife, Theobald's sisterEleanor of Champagne,and to marryPetronilla of Aquitaine,who was the sister of King Louis VII’s wife, QueenEleanor of Aquitaine.
• Sigurd II,a Norwegian pretender, is joined in his efforts to overthrow the 7-year-old KingInge Haraldssonof Norway by Inge's older half-brotherEystein II,who becomes co-ruler. He receives one third of the lateHarald's kingdom.
• May – Conrad III makes a peace agreement with the 13-year-oldHenry the LionatFrankfurt.He is appointed as duke ofSaxony,which territories are deprived from his father, the late DukeHenry the Proud.
• DukeWładysław II the Exileattempts to subject his younger (half)-brothers to re-unitePoland.He is supported by the alliances with theKievan Rus'and theHoly Roman Empire.
• Summer –Conrad IIIentersBohemiato reinstate his brother-in-lawVladislaus IIas duke, whose half-sisterGertrude of Babenberghe is married. Conrad lays siege to thePrague Castle.
• Siege of Lisbon (1142):KingAfonso I HenriquesofPortugalattempts to besiege Lisbon with the aid of a group of Anglo-Norman crusaders.

England

• Autumn – The 9-year-oldHenry of Anjou,a son of QueenMatilda,lands on the south coast ofEnglandwith his uncle, EarlRobert of Gloucesterand several knights. Henry travels toBristol,centre ofAngevinopposition to KingStephen,where he is educated by Master Matthew. Meanwhile, Robert capturesLulworth Castle,Rufus Castle( "Bow and Arrow Castle" ) on theIsle of PortlandandWareham Castle.
• December – Stephen lays siege toOxford Castle,trapping Matilda and her supporters inside the city. Just beforeChristmasshe manages to escape across the snow and ice of the frozenThames River– dressed in white (to get past Stephen's pickets), and safely reachesAbingdon.The next day Oxford Castle surrenders to Stephen, Matilda rides with an escort toWallingford Castle,where she seeks refuge.

Levant

• Autumn –Imad al-Din Zengi,Seljuk governor (atabeg) ofMosul,continues his campaign against theKurdsin southeastern Anatolia (since1141). Byzantine forces under John II fail to takeAntioch.
• Raymond II,count ofTripoli,grants property in the county (such as the massive castleKrak des Chevaliers) to theKnights Hospitaller.After acquiring the site, they begin building new fortifications.

Africa

• Abd al-Mu'min,ruler of theAlmohad Caliphate,is unable to feed his population during afamine.He recognize thede factoprotectorate of Roger II to support the commercial center ofMahdia.
• ANormanraid against the city ofTripolifails.

Asia

• January 5– EmperorSutokuabdicates the throne after a 19-year reign and becomes a monk. He is succeeded by his 3-year-old brotherKonoe,who accedes as the 76themperor of Japan.
• January 28– Despite having saved the southernSong Dynastyfrom attempts by the northernJin Dynastyto conquer it, Chinese generalYue Feiis executed by the Song government.
• October 11–Treaty of Shao xing:The northern Jin Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty sign a peace treaty, this ending theJurchen campaigns against the Song DynastyinChina.

America

• August 31- Suggested date of the founding of theIroquois Confederacy.

Births

• Al-Mustadi,caliph of theAbbasid Caliphate(d.1180)
• Fujiwara no Takanobu,Japanese portrait painter (d.1205)
• Hugh III of Burgundy,Frenchnobleman(approximate date)
• Moinuddin Chishti,Persian preacher and philosopher (d.1236)
• Taklung Thangpa Tashi Pal,TibetanBuddhistleader (d.1210)
• William I(the Lion), king ofScotland(approximate date)

Deaths

• January 4–Clementia of Aquitaine,French noblewoman (b.1060)
• January 16–Eilika of Saxony,German noblewoman (b.1080)
• January 28–Yue Fei,Chinese military leader and poet (b.1103)
• April 21–Peter Abelard,Frenchscholasticphilosopher (b.1079)
• June 25–William of Montevergine,Italianabbot(b.1085)
• June 28–Guigues IV(le Dauphin), French nobleman
• July 27–Berthold of Garsten,German priest and abbot (b. 1060)
• August 2–Alexios(Komnenos), Byzantine co-emperor (b.1106)
• September 10–Sancho de Larrosa,Spanish bishop
• Abu Hafs Umar an-Nasafi,Persian scholar and historian (b.1067)
• Andronikos(Komnenos), Byzantine prince (b.1108)
• Arslan Shah I,Seljuk ruler of theKerman Sultanate
• Conchobar Ua Briain,Irish king ofMunsterandDublin
• Fujiwara no Mototoshi,Japanese nobleman (b. 1060)
• Orderic Vitalis,English monk and chronicler (b.1075)
• Reverter de La Guardia,viscount ofBarcelona(or1144)