AD 42

AD 42 (XLII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Piso (or, less frequently, year 795 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 42 for this year has been used since the Early Middle Ages, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC 1st century 2nd century
Decades:	20s 30s 40s 50s 60s
Years:	39 40 41 AD 42 43 44 45

AD 42 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 42 XLII
Ab urbe condita	795
Assyrian calendar	4792
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−551
Berber calendar	992
Buddhist calendar	586
Burmese calendar	−596
Byzantine calendar	5550–5551
Chinese calendar	辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 2738 or 2678     — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 2739 or 2679
Coptic calendar	−242 – −241
Discordian calendar	1208
Ethiopian calendar	34–35
Hebrew calendar	3802–3803
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	98–99
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3142–3143
Holocene calendar	10042
Iranian calendar	580 BP – 579 BP
Islamic calendar	598 BH – 597 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 42 XLII
Korean calendar	2375
Minguo calendar	1870 before ROC 民前1870年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1426
Seleucid era	353/354 AG
Thai solar calendar	584–585
Tibetan calendar	阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 168 or −213 or −985     — to — 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 169 or −212 or −984

Events

By places

Roman Empire

• Romans take control of Ceuta, a port city on the North African side of the Strait of Gibraltar.
• The territories of the current Algeria and Morocco become a Roman province.
• The Dalmatian legate, Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus, revolts but his troops defect and his rebellion quickly withers.
• Claudius begins construction of Portus, a harbour bearing a lighthouse on the right bank of the Tiber.

Korea

• Suro becomes the first king of Geumgwan Gaya in the Korean Peninsula.

China

• The Chinese General Ma Yuan represses the rebellions of the Trưng Sisters in Tonkin.

By topic

Religion

• 25 January – Conversion of the Apostle Paul to Christianity. The exact date is not provided in texts, but the Roman Catholic Church chooses to commemorate this date.
• Traditional date of foundation of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria by the apostle Mark the Evangelist.

Births

• Herennius Philo, Greek grammarian and writer (d. 141)
• Sixtus I, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 124)

Deaths

• Arria, Roman noblewoman (committed suicide)
• Aulus Caecina Paetus, Roman politician (committed suicide)
• Gaius Appius Junius Silanus, Roman consul (executed)
• Lucius Annius Vinicianus, Roman politician (committed suicide)
• Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus, Roman politician (committed suicide)

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