40 35257 220519256 2008-06-20T07:05:53Z JAnDbot 1725149 robot Adding: [[srn:40]] {{Year nav 1st century CE|40}} {{otheruses-number}} {{C1YearInTopic}} Year '''40''' was a [[leap year starting on Friday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. __NOTOC__ ==Events== ===By place=== ====Roman Empire==== * The emperor [[Caligula]] is [[consul]] without colleague. * Caligula embarks on a campaign to conquer [[Great Britain|Britain]], and fails miserably. * [[Noricum]] and [[Mauretania]] are incorporated into the [[Roman Empire]]. * Caligula transforms the principate into a [[Hellenistic civilization|Hellenistic]] [[Autocracy]]. 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]] tribe begin settling in present-day [[Moravia]] and [[Slovakia]]. ====Asia==== * [[Vardanes I of Parthia|Vardanes I]] becomes king of [[Parthia]], opposed by his brother [[Gotarzes II of Parthia|Gotarzes II]]. * The [[Vietnam]]ese [[Trung sisters]] rebel against the rule of the [[China|Chinese]] [[Emperor Guangwu of Han]]. ===By topic=== ====Arts and sciences==== * [[Philo]] teaches that all men are born free. ====Religion==== * [[Christianity]] comes to [[Egypt]] as a church is founded in [[Alexandria]]. [[Mark the Evangelist]] founds the [[Coptic Orthodox Church]] as the first pope. * An early Christian church is erected at [[Corinth]] (most probable date). * The Jewish festival of [[Pesach]] (Passover) is adopted by the Christians and renamed [[Easter]]. ==Births== * [[Pedanius Dioscorides]], [[Greece|Greek]] [[physician]] * [[Frontinus]], [[Roman Empire|Roman]] general and military author * [[Dio Chrysostom]], Greek [[philosophy|philosopher]] and [[historian]] * [[July 13]] — [[Gnaeus Julius Agricola]], [[List of Roman governors of Britain|Roman governor of Britain]] * [[Claudia Octavia]], daughter of [[Claudius]] and [[Valeria Messalina|Messalina]]. (d. [[62]]) * [[Empress Ma (Ming)|Empress Ma]] of the [[Han Dynasty]] ==Deaths== * January — [[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul AD 32)|Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus]], husband of [[Agrippina the younger]], brother-in-law of [[Caligula]] ([[dropsy]]) * [[Ptolemy of Mauretania]] (executed by Caligula) {{C1YearEnd}} [[Category:40]] [[af:40]] [[als:40er#40]] [[am:40 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:40]] [[an:40]] [[ast:40]] [[az:40]] [[bn:৪০]] [[be:40]] [[be-x-old:40]] [[bh:४०]] [[bs:40]] [[br:40]] [[bg:40]] [[ca:40]] [[cv:40]] [[cs:40]] [[co:40]] [[cy:40]] [[da:40]] [[de:40]] [[et:40]] [[el:40]] [[es:40]] [[eo:40]] [[eu:40]] [[fr:40]] [[ga:40]] [[gd:40]] [[gl:40]] [[ko:40년]] [[hr:40.]] [[io:40]] [[bpy:মারি ৪০]] [[id:40]] [[ia:40]] [[is:40]] [[it:40]] [[he:40]] [[jv:40]] [[ka:40]] [[sw:40]] [[ht:40 (almanak jilyen)]] [[la:40]] [[lv:40]] [[lb:40]] [[lmo:40]] [[hu:40]] [[mk:40]] [[mr:इ.स. ४०]] [[ms:40]] [[nah:40]] [[nl:40]] [[new:४०]] [[ja:40年]] [[nap:40]] [[no:40]] [[nn:40]] [[oc:40]] [[or:୪୦]] [[uz:40]] [[pi:४०]] [[nds:40]] [[pl:40]] [[pt:40]] [[ksh:Joohr 40]] [[ro:40]] [[ru:40 год]] [[sa:४०]] [[sq:40]] [[simple:40]] [[sk:40]] [[sl:40]] [[sr:40]] [[srn:40]] [[su:40]] [[fi:40]] [[sv:40]] [[tt:40]] [[th:พ.ศ. 583]] [[tr:40]] [[uk:40]] [[ur:40ء]] [[vec:40]] [[zh:40年]]