1142

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century–12th century–13th century
Decades:	1110s1120s1130s–1140s–1150s1160s1170s
Years:	113911401141–1142–114311441145

1142 in othercalendars

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 dậuNiên(MetalRooster) 3838 or 3778 — to — Nhâm tuất niên(WaterDog) 3839 or 3779
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	Eiji2 /Kōji1 ( khang trị nguyên niên )
Javanese calendar	1048–1049
Julian calendar	1142 MCXLII
Korean calendar	3475
Minguo calendar	770 beforeROC Dân tiền 770 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−326
Seleucid era	1453/1454AG
Thai solar calendar	1684–1685
Tibetan calendar	Âm kim kê niên (female Iron-Rooster) 1268 or 887 or 115 — to — Dương thủy cẩu niên (male Water-Dog) 1269 or 888 or 116

1142(MCXLII) was acommon year starting on Thursdayof theJulian calendar,the 1142nd year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 142nd year of the2nd millennium,the 42nd year of the12th century,and the 3rd year of the1140sdecade. As of the start of 1142, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

By area

Africa

• When it was unable to feed its population during a famine, the emir of the great commercial center ofMahdiahas to recognize the de facto protectorate ofRoger II of Sicily.
• FailedNormanraid against the city ofTripoli.

Asia

• Emperor KonoesucceedsEmperor Sutokuon the throne ofJapan.

Europe

• Henry the LionbecomesDuke of Saxony.
• TheEmpress MaudgrantsOakley,Buckinghamshire Church, with its chapels of Brill, Boarstall andAddingrove,to the monks ofSt. Frideswide's Priory,in Oxford.

Births

• Farid od-Din Mohammad ebn Ebrahim 'Attar,Persian mystical poet (d. 1220)
• Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy(d. 1192)

Deaths

• January 27 –Yue Fei,Chinese military leader (b. 1103)
• April 21 –Pierre Abélard,French scholastic philosopher (b. 1079)
• Orderic Vitalis,English chronicler (b. 1075)