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1242

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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1242 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1242
MCCXLII
Ab urbe condita1995
Armenian calendar691
ԹՎ ՈՂԱ
Assyrian calendar5992
Balinese saka calendar1163–1164
Bengali calendar649
Berber calendar2192
English Regnal year26 Hen. 3 – 27 Hen. 3
Buddhist calendar1786
Burmese calendar604
Byzantine calendar6750–6751
Chinese calendar辛丑年 (Metal Ox)
3939 or 3732
    — to —
壬寅年 (Water Tiger)
3940 or 3733
Coptic calendar958–959
Discordian calendar2408
Ethiopian calendar1234–1235
Hebrew calendar5002–5003
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1298–1299
 - Shaka Samvat1163–1164
 - Kali Yuga4342–4343
Holocene calendar11242
Igbo calendar242–243
Iranian calendar620–621
Islamic calendar639–640
Japanese calendarNinji 3
(仁治3年)
Javanese calendar1151–1152
Julian calendar1242
MCCXLII
Korean calendar3575
Minguo calendar670 before ROC
民前670年
Nanakshahi calendar−226
Thai solar calendar1784–1785
Tibetan calendar阴金牛年
(female Iron-Ox)
1368 or 987 or 215
    — to —
阳水虎年
(male Water-Tiger)
1369 or 988 or 216
Depiction of the Battle of Lake Peipus in the late 16th century illuminated manuscript Life of Alexander Nevsky

Year 1242 (MCCXLII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

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Europe

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Mongol Empire

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England

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  • May – Isabella of Angoulême, mother of Henry III, persuades him to mount an expedition to retake Poitou. On May 20, Henry arrives at Royan and joins the rebelling French nobles – forming an army (some 30,000 men). Louis IX exchanges letters with Henry to resolve the conflict, but the dispute escalates further.

Africa

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Middle East

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Dirham of al-Mustansir, Abbasid caliph

Asia

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  • February 10 – The 10-year-old Emperor Shijō (or Mitsuhito) dies suddenly, despite a dispute over who should follow him as sovereign, Go-Saga (son of former Emperor Tsuchimikado) ascends to the throne of Japan.

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References

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  1. ^ David Nicolle (2005). Osprey: Lake Peipus 1242 – Battle on the Ice, p. 60. ISBN 1-85532-553-5.
  2. ^ David Nicolle (2005). Osprey: Lake Peipus 1242 – Battle on the Ice, pp. 62–63. ISBN 1-85532-553-5.
  3. ^ David Nicolle (2005). Osprey: Lake Peipus 1242 – Battle on the Ice, pp. 72–73. ISBN 1-85532-553-5.
  4. ^ Zoé Oldenbourg (1961), Massacre at Montségur: A History of the Albiegensian Crusade, translated by Peter Green, Pantheon Books, p. 394.
  5. ^ Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 110. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.
  6. ^ Aunovsky, V (1869).Ethnograpical Essay of Mordva-Moksha. Governorate Memorial Book for 1869, Simbirsk, pp. 85–108.
  7. ^ Gilbert Meynier (2010). L'Algénie cœr du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp. 38.
  8. ^ Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre, pp. 183–184. ISBN 978-0-241-29877-0.