39 facts for kids
This page is about the year 39. For the actual number, see thirty-nine.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
| Decades: | 0s 10s 20s – 30s – 40s 50s 60s |
| Years: | 36 37 38 – 39 – 40 41 42 |
| Gregorian calendar | AD 39 XXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 792 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4789 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −554 |
| Berber calendar | 989 |
| Buddhist calendar | 583 |
| Burmese calendar | −599 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5547–5548 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 2735 or 2675 — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 2736 or 2676 |
| Coptic calendar | −245 – −244 |
| Discordian calendar | 1205 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 31–32 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3799–3800 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 95–96 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3139–3140 |
| Holocene calendar | 10039 |
| Iranian calendar | 583 BP – 582 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 601 BH – 600 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | AD 39 XXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 2372 |
| Minguo calendar | 1873 before ROC 民前1873年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1429 |
| Seleucid era | 350/351 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 581–582 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 165 or −216 or −988 — to — 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 166 or −215 or −987 |
39 is a year in the 1st century. It was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Corbulo.
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Events
Roman Empire
- Tigellinus, minister and favorite of the later Roman emperor Nero, is banished.
- Domitius Afer becomes a consul.
- Caligula is also a consul.
- Agrippa I, king of Iudaea, is called back to Rome.
- Legio XV Primigenia and XXII Primigenia are levied by Caligula for the German frontier.
- Caligula's campaign into Germany was stopped by a conspiracy led by Cassius Chaerea.
- Caligula orders that a statue of himself be placed in the temple in Jerusalem. Jews protest. They are able to stop construction of the statue until the death of Caligula (January 24, 41).
- Philo leads a Jewish delegation to Rome to protest the anti-Jewish conditions in Alexandria.
Asia
- The Trung Sisters resist Chinese influence in Vietnam.
Births
- November 3 – Lucan, Roman poet
- December 30 – Titus Flavius, Roman emperor (79–81)
- Julia Drusilla, daughter of current Roman Emperor Caligula
- Britannicus, son of later Roman emperor Claudius and his third wife Messalina
Deaths
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