69 facts for kids

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	30s  40s  50s  – 60s –  70s  80s  90s
Years:	66 67 68 – 69 – 70 71 72

AD 69 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 69 LXIX
Ab urbe condita	822
Assyrian calendar	4819
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−524
Berber calendar	1019
Buddhist calendar	613
Burmese calendar	−569
Byzantine calendar	5577–5578
Chinese calendar	戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 2765 or 2705     — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 2766 or 2706
Coptic calendar	−215 – −214
Discordian calendar	1235
Ethiopian calendar	61–62
Hebrew calendar	3829–3830
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	125–126
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3169–3170
Holocene calendar	10069
Iranian calendar	553 BP – 552 BP
Islamic calendar	570 BH – 569 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 69 LXIX
Korean calendar	2402
Minguo calendar	1843 before ROC 民前1843年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1399
Seleucid era	380/381 AG
Thai solar calendar	611–612
Tibetan calendar	阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 195 or −186 or −958     — to — 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 196 or −185 or −957

69 is a year in the 1st century.

Events

• The Year of the four emperors: After Nero's death, Galba, Otho and Vitellius all serve as emperor for a short time each before Vespasian takes over.
• January 15 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, and survives three months before death.
• First Jewish-Roman War – Vespasian lays siege to Jerusalem, which was captured by Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus after Vespasian became Emperor.
• April 2– Galba, governor of Spain, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Roman emperors begun with Caesar and Augustus. He was assassinated by the Praetorian Guards in favor of Marcus Salvius Otho.
• April 14 – First Battle of Bedriacum: Vitellius defeats Otho's legions.
• April 17 – After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor.
• October 24 – Second Battle of Bedriacum: Flavians under Antonius Primus defeats Vitellians.
• December 21 – Vespasian becomes emperor.
• The Batavians, under the leadeship of Gaius Julius Civilis, revolt (Batavian rebellion).
• Legio I Macriana liberatrix is disbanded.

Births

• Saint Polycarp of Smyrna

Deaths

• January – Locusta
• January 15 – Galba
• April 15 – Otho
• December 22 – Vitellius killed by the army of Vespasian