52 facts for kids

This page is about the year 52. For the actual number, see fifty-two.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	20s 30s 40s – 50s – 60s 70s 80s
Years:	49 50 51 – 52 – 53 54 55

AD 52 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	AD 52 LII
Ab urbe condita	805
Assyrian calendar	4802
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−541
Berber calendar	1002
Buddhist calendar	596
Burmese calendar	−586
Byzantine calendar	5560–5561
Chinese calendar	辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2748 or 2688 — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 2749 or 2689
Coptic calendar	−232 – −231
Discordian calendar	1218
Ethiopian calendar	44–45
Hebrew calendar	3812–3813
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	108–109
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3152–3153
Holocene calendar	10052
Iranian calendar	570 BP – 569 BP
Islamic calendar	588 BH – 587 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 52 LII
Korean calendar	2385
Minguo calendar	1860 before ROC 民前1860年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1416
Seleucid era	363/364 AG
Thai solar calendar	594–595
Tibetan calendar	阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 178 or −203 or −975 — to — 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 179 or −202 or −974

52 is a year in the 1st century. Year 52 (LII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.

Events

Pliny the Elder writes his account of the German wars.
Saint Thomas, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, is believed to have landed in Kodungallur, India to preach the Gospel