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Year 78 was a common year starting on Thursday
Common year starting on Thursday

This is the calendar for any common year starting on Thursday . Examples: Gregorian calendar years 1987, 1998 & 2009 or Julian calendar year 1915 ....
 (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar
Julian calendar

The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC, and came into force in 45 BC . It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year, known at least since Hipparchus....
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Year 78 was a common year starting on Thursday
Common year starting on Thursday

This is the calendar for any common year starting on Thursday . Examples: Gregorian calendar years 1987, 1998 & 2009 or Julian calendar year 1915 ....
 (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar
Julian calendar

The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC, and came into force in 45 BC . It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year, known at least since Hipparchus....
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Roman Empire
  • Romans
    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....
     conquer the Ordovices
    Ordovices

    The Ordovices were one of the Celtic tribes living in the British Islands, before the Roman invasion of Britain. Its tribal lands were located in Wales between the Silures to the south and the Deceangli to the north-east....
    , located in present-day northern Wales
    Wales

    native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
    , as well as the Silures
    Silures

    The Silures were a powerful and warlike tribe of ancient Great Britain, occupying approximately the counties of Monmouthshire, Breconshire and Glamorganshire in south Wales....
    .
  • 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....
     replaces Sextus Julius Frontinus
    Sextus Julius Frontinus

    Sextus Julius Frontinus was one of the most distinguished Roman Empire aristocrats of the late first century AD, but is best known to the post-Classical world as an author of technical treatises, especially one dealing with the aqueducts of Rome....
     as governor of Roman Britain
    Roman Britain

    Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410. The Romans referred to their province as Britannia....
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Asia
  • India
    India

    India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
    n Prince Aji Caka introduces the Sanskrit
    Sanskrit

    Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
     language and Pallawa
    Pallawa

    As in Buginese language, Pallawa is a punctuation symbol. It is composed of three cascading diagonal dots. A pallawa is used to separate rhythmico-intonational groups, thus functionally corresponding to the full stop and comma of the Latin script....
     script, used to inscribe Javanese words and phrases, to the Indonesia
    Indonesia

    The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
    n islands.
  • This is the base year (year zero
    Year zero

    Year zero is not used in the widely used Gregorian calendar, nor in its predecessor, the Julian calendar. Under those systems, the year 1 BC is followed by AD 1....
    ) of the Saka era
    Saka

    The Sakas or Sacae were a population of Central Asian nomadic tribes speaking an eastern Iranian languages language....
     used by some Hindu calendar
    Hindu calendar

    The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization, and today there are several regional Indian calendars, as well as an Indian national calendar....
    s, the Indian national calendar
    Indian national calendar

    The Indian national calendar is the official civil calendar in use in India. It is used, alongside the Gregorian calendar, by the Gazette of India, news broadcasts by All India Radio, and calendars and communications issued by the Government of India....
    , and the Cambodia
    Cambodia

    The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh....
    n Buddhist calendar
    Buddhist calendar

    The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and Sri Lanka in several related forms....
    . It begins near the vernal equinox for the civil solar calendar, but begins opposite the star Spica
    Spica

    Spica is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo , and the list of brightest stars in the nighttime sky. It is 260 light years distant from Earth....
     for the traditional solar calendar.
  • Kanishka
    Kanishka

    Kanishka was a king of the Kushan Empire in Central Asia, ruling an empire extending from Bactria to large parts of India in the 2nd century of the common era, famous for his military, political, and spiritual achievements....
     (78–144), reigns over the Tocharian
    Tocharian

    Tocharian may refer to:* Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia* Tocharian languages, two Indo-European languages spoken by those people...
     Empire of Kusana (Afghanistan
    Afghanistan

    Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia....
     and Northern India
    India

    India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
    ). He is a renowned conqueror and wise administrator.
  • Pacorus
    Pacorus

    Two kings of ancient Parthia were named Pacorus:* Pacorus I of Parthia, possibly co-regent with his father Orodes II, c. 38 BC* Pacorus II of Parthia, c. 78–105...
     II is 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'....
     (78–115).


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Philosophy
  • The philosopher Wang Chong
    Wang Chong

    Wang Chong , courtesy name Zhongren , was a China philosopher during the Han Dynasty who developed a Rationalism , secular, Philosophical naturalism, and Mechanism account of the world and of human beings....
     (Wang-Tchoung) claims all phenomena have material causes.


Births

  • Zhang Heng
    Zhang Heng

    Zhang Heng was an Chinese astronomy, Chinese mathematics, List of Chinese inventions, Chinese geography, History of cartography#China, Chinese art, Chinese poetry, Government of the Han Dynasty, and Chinese literature from Nanyang, Henan, Henan, and lived during the Eastern Han Dynasty of China....
    , 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....
     mathematician, astronomer, inventor, poet, artist, scholar, geographer, and statesman (d. 139
    139

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  • Liu Qing
    Liu Qing

    Liu Qing , formally Prince Xiao of Qinghe or Emperor Xiaode , was a crown prince during Han Dynasty under his father Emperor Zhang of Han who lost his position and his mother Consort Song due to palace intrigue at the hands of his father's wife Empress Dou ....
    , Chinese prince of the Han Dynasty (d. 106
    106

    Events...
    )
  • Wang Fu
    Wang Fu (philosopher)

    Wang Fu...
     (d. 163
    163

    Events...
    )


Deaths