What is 1042?
{{Year nav|1042}} {{Year in various calendars|1042}} {{Year article header|1042}} [[File:Empress Zoe mosaic Hagia Sophia.jpg|thumb|alt=Constantine IX (left). |Constantine IX (left).]] == Events == * [[Edward the Confessor]] becomes King of England. == Births == * [[List of popes|Pope Urban II]] (died [[1099]]) == Deaths == * [[Michael V]], [[List of Byzantine Emperors|Byzantine Emperor]] (b. [[1015]]) [[Category:1042| ]]