Historical Events
- Jan 27 Wrongful execution of noted Song Dynasty General Yue Fei
- Aug 31 Possible date for establishment of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) League [disputed date - other research places date between 1450 and 1660]
- Oct 11 Treaty of Shaoxing ratified with Chinese southern Song Dynasty agreeing to pay tribute to northern Jin dynasty
Famous People Who Died in 1142
- Apr 21 Peter Abélard, French scholar and lover of Heloise (b. 1079)
- Jun 13 Godfried II, duke of Brabant/Neth-Lotharingen, dies
- Jun 25 Gulielmus of Vercelli, Italian hermit, monastery founder and saint, dies