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This page is about the year 40. For the actual number, see 40 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
| Decades: | 10s 20s 30s – 40s – 50s 60s 70s |
| Years: | 37 38 39 – 40 – 41 42 43 |
| Gregorian calendar | 40 XL |
| Ab urbe condita | 793 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 4790 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1804–-1803 |
| Bengali calendar | -553 |
| Berber calendar | 990 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 584 |
| Burmese calendar | -598 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5548–5549 |
| Chinese calendar | 己亥年十一月廿八日 (2676/2736-11-28) — to —
庚子年十一月初九日(2677/2737-11-9) |
| Coptic calendar | -244–-243 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 32–33 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3800–3801 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 96–97 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3141–3142 |
| Holocene calendar | 10040 |
| Iranian calendar | 582 BP – 581 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 600 BH – 599 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2373 |
| Minguo calendar | 1872 before ROC 民前1872年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 583 |
Year 40 (XL) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus without colleague.
Events
Roman Empire
- The emperor Caligula is consul without colleague.
- Caligula starts a campaign to conquer Britain. It fails miserably. He names himself the winner.
- Noricum and Mauretania are added into the Roman Empire.
- Caligula reforms the principatus into a Hellenistic Autocracy. He distributes honors carelessly, declares himself a god and orders that all the heads of the Greek deity statues be replaced by his. He also appoints his horse, Incitatus, a senator.
- Approximate date of start of construction on the Pont du Gard aqueduct in Gallia Narbonensis.
- Philo teaches that all men are born free.
- An early Christian church is erected at Corinth (most probable date).
Europe
Asia
- Vardanes I becomes king of Parthia. He was opposed by his brother Gotarzes II.
- The Vietnamese Trung sisters rebel against the rule of the Chinese Emperor Guangwu of Han.
Africa
- Christianity comes to Egypt. Mark the Evangelist founds the Coptic Orthodox Church as the first pope.
Births
- July 13 – Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman governor of Britain (d. 93 AD)
- Pedanius Dioscorides, Greek physician (approximate date) (d. 90 AD)
- Frontinus, Roman general and military author (approximate date) (d. 103)
- Dio Chrysostom, Greek philosopher and historian (approximate date d. c. 120)
- Claudia Octavia, daughter of Claudius and Messalina (d. 62)
- Empress Ma of the Han Dynasty (d. 79)
Deaths