242 - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
Decades: | 210s 220s 230s – 240s – 250s 260s 270s |
Years: | 239 240 241 – 242 – 243 244 245 |
Gregorian calendar | 242 CCXLII |
Ab urbe condita | 995 |
Assyrian calendar | 4992 |
Balinese saka calendar | 163–164 |
Bengali calendar | −351 |
Berber calendar | 1192 |
Buddhist calendar | 786 |
Burmese calendar | −396 |
Byzantine calendar | 5750–5751 |
Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2938 or 2878 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 2939 or 2879 |
Coptic calendar | −42 – −41 |
Discordian calendar | 1408 |
Ethiopian calendar | 234–235 |
Hebrew calendar | 4002–4003 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 298–299 |
- Shaka Samvat | 163–164 |
- Kali Yuga | 3342–3343 |
Holocene calendar | 10242 |
Iranian calendar | 380 BP – 379 BP |
Islamic calendar | 392 BH – 391 BH |
Javanese calendar | 120–121 |
Julian calendar | 242 CCXLII |
Korean calendar | 2575 |
Minguo calendar | 1670 before ROC 民前1670年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1226 |
Seleucid era | 553/554 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 784–785 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 368 or −13 or −785 — to — 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 369 or −12 or −784 |
Year 242 (CCXLII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
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[change | change source]Roman Empire
[change | change source]- Emperor Gordian III begins fighting against King Shapur I. The Greek philosopher Plotinus joins him and hopes to get first-hand knowledge of Persian and Indian philosophies.
- Gordian III leaves the Cimmerian cities in the Bosphorus (Crimea), as the land is now controlled by the Goths.
Persia
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[change | change source]Religion
[change | change source]- Patriarch Titus succeeds Patriarch Eugenius I as Patriarch of Constantinople.
Births
[change | change source]- Cao Mao, fourth emperor of the Kingdom of Wei (d. 260)
- Saloninus, Roman Emperor (d. 260)
- Sun Hao, last emperor of the Kingdom of Wu (d. 284)
Deaths
[change | change source]- Man Chong, adviser to the Kingdom of Wei
- Sun Shao, general of the Wu Kingdom (b. 188)