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| 40 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 32/33 |
| Buddhist calendar | 583/584 (southern Buddhism); 582/583 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 45th (46th) cycle , year of the metal-rat庚子 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Pig 己亥) |
| Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 204th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3800/01 (September 25-26) |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DCCXCIII (793) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 350/351 (turn of the year April); Syria: 351/352 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 78 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 96/97 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Roman Empire
- Emperor Caligula becomes consul of the Roman Empire for the third time and exercises this office without colleagues . Gaius Laecanius Bassus and Quintus Terentius Culleo are suffect consuls .
- Caligula invites Ptolemy , king of the Roman vassal state Mauritania , to Rome and has him murdered there in order to gain access to his riches. Mauritania becomes a Roman province .
- With the death of Aretas IV the longest reign of a king of the Nabataeans in the Middle East ends at 49 years . His son Malichus II succeeds him to the throne.
Asia
- The Trưng sisters lead a revolution against the Chinese foreign rule of the Han Dynasty in Nam Việt .
Born
Date of birth saved
- March 1 : Martial , Roman poet († around 103 )
- March: Octavia , daughter of Claudius († 62 )
- June 13 : Gnaeus Iulius Agricola , Roman general († 93 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Iulia Drusilla , daughter of Emperor Caligula († 41 )
- Lucius Licinius Sura , Roman politician († between 110 and 113)
- Ma , Chinese Empress († 79 )
Born around 40
- Publius Papinius Statius , Roman poet († around 96 )
- Titus Petronius Secundus , Prefect of Egypt and Praetorian Prefect († 97 )
- Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus , Roman politician († 65 )
Died
- Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus , Roman senator, father Nero
- Ptolemy , last king of Mauritania (* around 6 BC )
- around 40: Cunobelinus , king of the Celtic tribe of the Catuvellani
- around 40: Tiberius Iulius Abdes Pantera , Roman soldier (* around 22 BC )
- around 40: Marcus Iunius Silanus Torquatus , Roman politician (* around 24 BC )
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