AD 76

AD 76 (LXXVI) was a leap 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 Titus and Vespasianus (or, less frequently, year 829 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 76 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, 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:	50s 60s 70s 80s 90s
Years:	73 74 75 AD 76 77 78 79

AD 76 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 76 LXXVI
Ab urbe condita	829
Assyrian calendar	4826
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−517
Berber calendar	1026
Buddhist calendar	620
Burmese calendar	−562
Byzantine calendar	5584–5585
Chinese calendar	乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 2772 or 2712     — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 2773 or 2713
Coptic calendar	−208 – −207
Discordian calendar	1242
Ethiopian calendar	68–69
Hebrew calendar	3836–3837
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	132–133
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3176–3177
Holocene calendar	10076
Iranian calendar	546 BP – 545 BP
Islamic calendar	563 BH – 562 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 76 LXXVI
Korean calendar	2409
Minguo calendar	1836 before ROC 民前1836年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1392
Seleucid era	387/388 AG
Thai solar calendar	618–619
Tibetan calendar	阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) 202 or −179 or −951     — to — 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 203 or −178 or −950

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperors Vespasianus Augustus and Titus Caesar Vespasianus become Roman Consuls.
• Governor Sextus Julius Frontinus subdues the Silures and other hostile tribes of Wales, establishing a fortress at Caerleon or Isca Augusta for Legio II Augusta, and makes a network of smaller forts for his auxiliary forces.

China

• First year of Jianchu era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.

By topic

Art and Science

• Chinese historian Ban Gu develops a theory of the origins of the universe.

Religion

• Pope Anacletus I succeeds Pope Linus as the third pope of the Catholic Church (according to the official Vatican list).

Births

• January 24 – Hadrian, Roman emperor (d. 138)
• Flavius Justus, Roman Jewish aristocrat

Deaths

• Linus, pope of the Catholic Church (approximate date)
• Marcus Vettius Bolanus, Roman politician and governor
• Nicanor the Deacon, Greek missionary and martyr
• Quintus Asconius Pedianus, Roman historian (b. 9 BC)

References