| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 542 BC by topic |
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| 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.
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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.
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