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{{C14 year in topic}}Year '''1342''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCXLII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] and current year of the [[Julian calendar]].
[[File:Benedikt XII1.png|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Pope Benedict XII]]]]

== Events ==
=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January 21]]&ndash;[[June 27]] &ndash; [[An-Nasir Ahmad, Sultan of Egypt]], rules prior to being deposed by his half-brother [[As-Salih Ismail, Sultan of Egypt|As-Salih Ismail]].
* [[May 7]] &ndash; [[Pope Clement VI]] succeeds [[Pope Benedict XII]], as the 198th [[Pope]].
* [[July 16]] &ndash; [[Louis I of Hungary|Louis I]] becomes king of [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]].
* [[July 18]] &ndash; [[Battle of Zava]]: Mu'izz al-Din Husayn defeats the [[Sarbadars]].
* [[July 22]] &ndash; [[St. Mary Magdalene's flood]] is the worst such event on record for central Europe.<ref>{{Citation| title =Das verflixte "Genua-Tief"| publisher =[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]]| date =2008-08-25| url =http://www.nzz.ch/2005/08/25/il/articleD31CG.html| access-date =2016-02-12| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20111230134322/http://www.nzz.ch/2005/08/25/il/articleD31CG.html| archive-date =2011-12-30}}</ref>
* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[Louis, King of Sicily|Louis "the Child"]], age 4, succeeds his father, [[Peter II of Sicily|Peter II]], as king of [[Sicily]] and [[Duchy of Athens|duke of Athens]]; he is crowned on September 15 in [[Palermo Cathedral]].
* [[September 4]] &ndash; [[John III of Trebizond]] (John III Comnenus) becomes [[Empire of Trebizond|emperor of Trebizond]].

=== Date unknown ===
* Guy de Lusignan becomes [[Constantine II, King of Armenia]] (Gosdantin, Կոստանդին Բ).
* The [[List of Greek Orthodox patriarchs of Antioch|Greek Orthodox patriarch of Antioch]] is transferred to [[Damascus]], under Ignatius II.
* [[Kitzbühel]] becomes part of [[German Tyrol|Tyrol]].
* [[Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347]] &ndash; The [[Zealots of Thessalonica|Zealots]] seize power in [[Thessalonica]], expelling its aristocrats and declaring themselves in favour of the regency.

== Births ==
* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[Philip II, Duke of Burgundy]] (d. [[1404]])
* [[April 6]] &ndash; [[Infanta Maria, Marchioness of Tortosa]] (d. after [[1363]])
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Julian of Norwich]], English mystic (approximate date; d. [[1413]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Levon V Lusignan of Armenia]] (d. [[1393]])
** [[Avignon Pope Clement VII]] (d. [[1394]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Clement (VII) {{!}} antipope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clement-VII-antipope |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford]] (d. [[1373]])
** [[John Trevisa]], English translator (d. [[1402]])

== Deaths ==
* [[March 31]] &ndash; [[Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro]], Italian [[Augustinians|Augustinian]] friar
* [[April 25]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict XII]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Benedict XII {{!}} Biography, Legacy, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benedict-XII |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[July 16]] &ndash; King [[Charles I of Hungary]]
* [[September 4]] &ndash; [[Anna of Trebizond|Anna Anachoutlou]], [[Empire of Trebizond|Empress of Trebizond]]
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[Michael of Cesena]], Italian Franciscan leader (b. [[1270]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Al-Jaldaki]], Persian physician and alchemist
** [[Peter Paludanus]], French bishop and theologian (b. c. [[1275]])
** [[William de Ros, 3rd Baron de Ros]]
* ''probable'' &ndash; [[Marsilius of Padua]], Italian scholar (b. [[1270]])

== References ==
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