542 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC
Decades:	560s BC 550s BC 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC
Years:	545 BC 544 BC 543 BC 542 BC 541 BC 540 BC 539 BC

542 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	542 BC DXLII BC
Ab urbe condita	212
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 123
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 29
Ancient Greek era	59th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4209
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1134
Berber calendar	409
Buddhist calendar	3
Burmese calendar	−1179
Byzantine calendar	4967–4968
Chinese calendar	戊午年 (Earth Horse) 2156 or 1949     — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 2157 or 1950
Coptic calendar	−825 – −824
Discordian calendar	625
Ethiopian calendar	−549 – −548
Hebrew calendar	3219–3220
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−485 – −484
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2559–2560
Holocene calendar	9459
Iranian calendar	1163 BP – 1162 BP
Islamic calendar	1199 BH – 1198 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1792
Minguo calendar	2453 before ROC 民前2453年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2009
Thai solar calendar	1–2
Tibetan calendar	阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) −415 or −796 or −1568     — to — 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) −414 or −795 or −1567

The year 542 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 212 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 542 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

Jambuswami; the head of the Jain order for 44 years after the Nirvan of Mahaveer Swami, attained Nirvan at the age of 80 years old.