42 BC
Appearance
Gregorian calendar | 42 BC XLI BC |
Ab urbe condita | 712 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 282 |
- Pharaoh | Cleopatra VII, 10 |
Ancient Greek era | 184th Olympiad, year 3 |
Assyrian calendar | 4709 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −634 |
Berber calendar | 909 |
Buddhist calendar | 503 |
Burmese calendar | −679 |
Byzantine calendar | 5467–5468 |
Chinese calendar | 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 2655 or 2595 — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 2656 or 2596 |
Coptic calendar | −325 – −324 |
Discordian calendar | 1125 |
Ethiopian calendar | −49 – −48 |
Hebrew calendar | 3719–3720 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 15–16 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 3059–3060 |
Holocene calendar | 9959 |
Iranian calendar | 663 BP – 662 BP |
Islamic calendar | 683 BH – 682 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | 42 BC XLI BC |
Korean calendar | 2292 |
Minguo calendar | 1953 before ROC 民前1953年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1509 |
Seleucid era | 270/271 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 501–502 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 85 or −296 or −1068 — to — 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 86 or −295 or −1067 |
Year 42 BC was either a common year starting on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lepidus and Plancus.
Events
[change | change source]- Marcus Junius Brutus plunders the cities of Asia Minor
- Gaius Cassius Longinus occupies Rhodes
- Mark Antony lands with an army in Illyria
- Mark Antony and Octavian Caesar fight against Caesar's assassins Marcus Junius Brutus and Cassius in the Battle of Philippi.
Births
[change | change source]- for more information, see Category:42 BC births.
- Tiberius, Roman emperor (d. AD 37)
- Marcus Claudius Marcellus
Deaths
[change | change source]- for more information, see Category:42 BC deaths.
- Gaius Cassius Longinus, assassin of Julius Caesar
- Marcus Junius Brutus, assassin of Julius Caesar
- Marcus Livius Drusus, Roman nobleman
- Porcia Catonis, wife of Brutus
- Gaius Antonius, brother of Mark Antony