26 facts for kids

This page is about the year 26. For the actual number, see twenty-six.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	0s BC 0s 10s – 20s – 30s 40s 50s
Years:	23 24 25 – 26 – 27 28 29

AD 26 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	AD 26 XXVI
Ab urbe condita	779
Assyrian calendar	4776
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−567
Berber calendar	976
Buddhist calendar	570
Burmese calendar	−612
Byzantine calendar	5534–5535
Chinese calendar	乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 2722 or 2662 — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 2723 or 2663
Coptic calendar	−258 – −257
Discordian calendar	1192
Ethiopian calendar	18–19
Hebrew calendar	3786–3787
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	82–83
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3126–3127
Holocene calendar	10026
Iranian calendar	596 BP – 595 BP
Islamic calendar	614 BH – 613 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 26 XXVI
Korean calendar	2359
Minguo calendar	1886 before ROC 民前1886年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1442
Seleucid era	337/338 AG
Thai solar calendar	568–569
Tibetan calendar	阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 152 or −229 or −1001 — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 153 or −228 or −1000

26 is a year in the 1st century. It was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Sabinus.

Events

Pontius Pilate is appointed as Prefect of Judaea.
The Emperor Tiberius retires to Capri. He leaves the praetorian prefect Sejanus in charge of both Rome and the Empire.
Romans stop an uprising of Thracian tribesmen.