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1342
(
MCCCXLII
)
was a
common year starting on Tuesday
of the
Julian calendar
, the 1342nd year of the
Common Era
(CE) and
Anno Domini
(AD) designations, the 342nd year of the
2nd millennium
, the 42nd year of the
14th century
, and the 3rd year of the
1340s
decade. As of the start of 1342, the Gregorian calendar was
8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.