42

This page is about the year 42. For the actual number, see forty-two.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	10s  20s  30s  – 40s –  50s  60s  70s
Years:	39 40 41 – 42 – 43 44 45

42 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	42 XLII
Ab urbe condita	795
Armenian calendar	N/A
Assyrian calendar	4792
Bahá'í calendar	-1802–-1801
Bengali calendar	-551
Berber calendar	992
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	586
Burmese calendar	-596
Byzantine calendar	5550–5551
Chinese calendar	辛丑年月日 (2678/2738--Template:Chinese calendar/day/45/37) — to — 壬寅年月日 (2679/2739--Template:Chinese calendar/day/45/38)
Coptic calendar	-242–-241
Ethiopian calendar	34–35
Hebrew calendar	3802–3803
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	98–99
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3143–3144
Holocene calendar	10042
Iranian calendar	580 BP – 579 BP
Islamic calendar	598 BH – 597 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2375
Minguo calendar	1870 before ROC 民前1870年
Thai solar calendar	585

42 is a year in the 1st century.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Consuls are Emperor Claudius and Gaius Caecina Largus
• Romans take control of Ceuta.
• The territories of the current Algeria and Morocco become a Roman province.
• The Dalmatian legate Furius Camillus Scribonianus revolts, but his troops do not support him, and his rebellion quickly withers.
• Claudius starts building the Port of Ostia.

Asia

• Suro becomes the first king of Geumgwan Gaya in the Korean peninsula.
• The Chinese General My Yuan puts down the rebellion of the Trung sisters in Tonkin.

By topic

Religion

• 25 January: the apostle Paul becomes a Christian. In reality, the exact date is not known, but the Catholic Church has chosen to celebrate it on this date.

Deaths

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