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Roman Empire

• The emperor Caligula
  Caligula
  
  Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , more commonly known by his nickname Caligula , was the third Roman Emperor, reigning from 16 March 37 until his assassination on 24 January 41....
   is consul
  Consul
  
  Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Roman Empire. The title was also used in other city states, and revived in modern states, notably French Republic before the Napoleon I of Franceic counter-revolution....
   without colleague.
• Caligula embarks on a campaign to conquer Britain
  Great Britain
  
  Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
  , and fails miserably.
• Noricum
  Noricum
  
  Noricum, in ancient history geography, was a Celtic kingdom stretching over the area of today's Austria and Slovenia. It became a Roman province of the Roman Empire....
   and Mauretania
  Mauretania
  
  In Antiquity, Mauretania was originally an independent Berber people monarchy on the Mediterranean coast of north Africa , corresponding to western Algeria, northern Morocco and Spain Plazas de soberan?a....
   are incorporated into the Roman Empire
  Roman Empire
  
  The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
  .
• Caligula transforms the principate into a Hellenistic
  Hellenistic civilization
  
  File:Diadochen1.pngHellenistic civilization represents the zenith of Ancient Greece influence in the Classical Antiquity from 323 BC to about 146 BC ....
   Autocracy
  Autocracy
  
  An autocracy is a form of government in which the political power is held by a single, self-appointed ruler. The term autocrat is derived from the Greek language word 'a?t????t?? ....
  . He distributes honors carelessly, declares himself a god and orders that all the heads of the Greek statues be replaced by his. He also appoints his horse a senator.

Europe

• The Germanic Quadi
  Quadi
  
  The Quadi were a smaller Germanic tribe, about which little definitive information is known. The history of non-literate peoples is written by their opponents, and we can only know the Germanic tribe the Romans called the 'Quadi' through Roman eyes....
   tribe begin settling in present-day Moravia
  Moravia
  
  Moravia is a Historical regions of Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, one of the former Czech lands. It takes its name from the Morava River, Central Europe which rises in the northwest of the region....
   and Slovakia
  Slovakia
  
  Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
  .

Asia

• Vardanes I
  Vardanes I of Parthia
  
  Vardanes I of Parthia ruled the Parthia from about 40?47. He succeeded his father Artabanus II of Parthia, but had continually to fight against his rival Gotarzes II of Parthia....
   becomes king of Parthia
  Parthia
  
  Parthia is a region of north-eastern Iran, best known for having been the political and cultural base of the Arsacid dynasty, after which the Arsacid Empire is then also known as the 'Parthian Empire'....
  , opposed by his brother Gotarzes II
  Gotarzes II of Parthia
  
  Gotarzes II of Parthia ruled the Parthia intermittently between about 40 and 51. He was the son of Artabanus II of Parthia and when his father died in about 38 and his brother Vardanes I of Parthia succeeded to the throne, Gotarzes rebelled....
  .
• The Vietnam
  Vietnam
  
  Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east....
  ese Trung sisters
  Trung Sisters
  
  The Trung Sisters , known in Vietnamese language as Hai B? Trung , and individually as Trung Tr?c and Trung Nh? , were two 1st century Vietnamese people women leaders who successfully repelled China invasions for three years, and are regarded as national heroines of Vietnam....
   rebel against the rule of the Chinese
  China
  
  China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
   Emperor Guangwu of Han
  Emperor Guangwu of Han
  
  Emperor Guangwu , born Liu Xiu, was an emperor of China of the Chinese Han Dynasty, restorer of the dynasty in AD 25 and thus founder of the Later Han or Eastern Han ....
  .

By topic

Arts and sciences

• Philo
  Philo
  
  Philo , known also as Philo of Alexandria , Philo Judaeus, Philo Judaeus of Alexandria, Yedidia and Philo the Jew, was a Hellenistic Judaism philosopher born in Alexandria, Egypt....
   teaches that all men are born free.

Religion

• Christianity
  Christianity
  
  Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
   comes to Egypt
  Egypt
  
  Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
   as a church is founded in Alexandria
  Alexandria
  
  Alexandria , with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest city in Egypt, and is the country's largest seaport, serving about 80% of Egypt's imports and exports....
  . Mark the Evangelist
  Mark the Evangelist
  
  Saint Mark the Evangelist , also known as John Mark, is traditionally believed to be the author of the Gospel of Mark and a companion of Saint Peter....
   founds the Coptic Orthodox Church as the first pope.
• An early Christian church is erected at Corinth
  Corinth
  
  Corinth, or Korinth Corinth is now the capital of the Prefectures of Greece of Corinthia. The city is surrounded by the coastal townlets of Lechaio, Isthmia, Kechries, and the inland townlets of Examilia and the archaeological site....
   (most probable date).
• The Jewish festival of Pesach (Passover) is adopted by the Christians and renamed Easter
  Easter
  
  Easter is the most important religious feast in the Christianity liturgical year.Christians believe that Jesus was Resurrection of Jesus from the dead three days after his Crucifixion of Jesus, and celebrate this resurrection on Easter Day or Easter Sunday , two days after Good Friday....
  .

Births

• Pedanius Dioscorides
  Pedanius Dioscorides
  
  Pedanius Dioscorides was an ancient ancient Greece physician, pharmacologist and botanist from Anazarbus, Cilicia, Asia Minor, who practised in ancient Rome during the time of Nero....
  , Greek
  Greece
  
  Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
   physician
  Physician
  
  A physician, medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, or medical doctor practices medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and injury....
  
• Frontinus, Roman
  Roman Empire
  
  The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
   general and military author
• Dio Chrysostom
  Dio Chrysostom
  
  Dio Chrysostom , Dion of Prusa or Dio Cocceianus was a Greece orator, writer, philosopher and historian of the Roman Empire in the first century....
  , Greek philosopher
  Philosophy
  
  Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, justice, validity, mind, and language....
   and historian
  Historian
  
  A historian is an individual who studies and writes about history, and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, systematic narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all events in time....
  
• July 13 — Gnaeus Julius Agricola
  Gnaeus Julius Agricola
  
  Gnaeus Julius Agricola was a Roman Empire general responsible for much of the Roman conquest of Roman Britain. His biography, the Agricola , was the first published work of his son-in-law, the historian Tacitus, and is the source for most of what is known about him....
  , Roman governor of Britain
• Claudia Octavia
  Claudia Octavia
  
  Claudia Octavia was a Roman Empress, stepsister and first wife to Roman Emperor Nero....
  , daughter of Claudius
  Claudius
  
  Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I was the fourth Roman Emperor, a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24, AD 41 to his death in AD 54....
   and Messalina. (d. 62
  62
  
  Year 62 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar....
  )
• Empress Ma
  Empress Ma (Ming)
  
  Empress Ma , formally Empress Mingde , was an empress during Han Dynasty from the year 60 until her death. Her husband was Emperor Ming of Han....
   of the Han Dynasty
  Han Dynasty
  
  The Han Dynasty followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. The Han Dynasty was ruled by the family known as the Liu clan who had peasant origins....
   (d. 79
  79
  
  Year 79 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar....
  )

Deaths

• January — Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
  Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul AD 32)
  
  Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus was a close relative to the Roman Emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Domitius was the only son to Antonia Major and Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus ....
  , husband of Agrippina the younger
  Agrippina the Younger
  
  Julia Agrippina; known as Agrippina Minor , was a great granddaughter of Emperor Augustus, great niece and adoptive granddaughter of Emperor Tiberius, sister to Emperor Caligula, wife of Emperor Claudius and mother of Emperor Nero....
  , brother-in-law of Caligula
  Caligula
  
  Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , more commonly known by his nickname Caligula , was the third Roman Emperor, reigning from 16 March 37 until his assassination on 24 January 41....
   (dropsy)
• Ptolemy of Mauretania
  Ptolemy of Mauretania
  
  Ptolemy of Mauretania or Ptolemy of Morocco was a prince and the last Roman client king of Mauretania.Ptolemy was the only son to queen Cleopatra Selene II and king Juba II of Mauretania....
   (executed by Caligula)