1342

Events

January–December

• January 21-June 27 - An-Nasir Ahmad, Sultan of Egypt, rules prior to being deposed by his half-brother As-Salih Ismail.
• May 7 - Pope Clement VI succeeds Pope Benedict XII, as the 198th Pope.
• July 16 - Louis I becomes king of Hungary.
• July 18 - Battle of Zava: Mu'izz al-Din Husayn defeats the Sarbadars.
• July 22 - St. Mary Magdalene's flood is the worst such event on record for central Europe.
• August 15 - Louis "the Child" becomes king of Sicily and duke of Athens.
• September 4 - John III of Trebizond becomes emperor of Trebizond.

  Date unknown

• Guy de Lusignan becomes Constantine II, King of Armenia.
• The Patriarch of Antioch is transferred to Damascus, under Ignatius II.
• Kitzbühel becomes part of Tyrol.
• Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 - The Zealots seize power in Thessalonica, expelling its aristocrats and declaring themselves in favour of the regency.

  Births

• January 17 - Philip II, Duke of Burgundy
• April 6 - Infanta Maria, Marchioness of Tortosa
• November 8 - Julian of Norwich, English mystic
• date unknown
• * Levon V Lusignan of Armenia
• * Avignon Pope Clement VII
• * Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford
• * John Trevisa, English translator

  Deaths

• March 31 - Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro, Italian Augustinian monk
• April 25 - Pope Benedict XII
• July 16 - King Charles I of Hungary
• September 4 - Anna Anachoutlou, Empress of Trebizond
• November 29 - Michael of Cesena, Italian Franciscan leader
• date unknown
• * Al-Jaldaki, Persian physician and alchemist
• * Peter Paludanus, French bishop and theologian
• * William de Ros, 3rd Baron de Ros
• probable - Marsilius of Padua, Italian scholar