AD 65 ( LXV) was a

common year starting on Tuesday A common year starting on Tuesday is any non-leap year (i.e. a year with 365 days) that begins on Tuesday, 1 January, and ends on Tuesday, 31 December. Its dominical letter hence is F. The most recent year of such kind was 2019, and the next one wi ...

of the

Julian calendar The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception). The Julian calendar is still used as a religious calendar in parts of the Eastern Orthodox Church and in parts ...

. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Nerva and Vestinus (or, less frequently, year 818 ''

Ab urbe condita ''Ab urbe condita'' (; 'from the founding of Rome, founding of the City'), or (; 'in the year since the city's founding'), abbreviated as AUC or AVC, expresses a date in years since 753 BC, 753 BC, the traditional founding of Rome. It is ...

''). The denomination AD 65 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the

Anno Domini The terms (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used when designating years in the Gregorian calendar, Gregorian and Julian calendar, Julian calendars. The term is Medieval Latin and means "in the year of the Lord" but is often presented using "o ...

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became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

* April 19 – The freedman Milichus betrays the Pisonian conspiracy led by Gaius Calpurnius Piso to kill Emperor

Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his ...

and all the conspirators are arrested. * An epidemic afflicts Rome. * After a stage performance in which he appears and shocks the senatorial class considerably, Nero engages in a series of reprisals against

Seneca the Younger Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger ( ; AD 65), usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoicism, Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, a dramatist, and in one work, a satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature. Seneca ...

and Tigellinus, pro-republican senators, and anyone else he distrusts. * Nero's pregnant wife, Poppea Sabina, dies from Nero kicking her stomach or while having a miscarriage.

By topic

Religion

* Paul of Tarsus ordains Timothy as bishop of

Ephesus Ephesus (; ; ; may ultimately derive from ) was an Ancient Greece, ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, in present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of Apasa, the former Arzawan capital ...

(traditional date). * Paul writes his first epistle to Timothy in

Corinth Corinth ( ; , ) is a municipality in Corinthia in Greece. The successor to the ancient Corinth, ancient city of Corinth, it is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Sin ...

; afterwards, he goes to Nikopoli to spend the winter. * In

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

, the first official reference to

Buddhism Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...

is made. * The first

Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...

community in

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

is founded by Mark, a disciple of Peter.

Births

* Philopappos, Greek prince of Commagene (d.

AD 116 Year 116 (Roman numerals, CXVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lamia and Vetus (or, less frequently, year 869 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 116 for ...

) * Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes, Greek aristocrat

Deaths

* April 30 – Lucan, Roman poet and philosopher (b. AD 39) * Faenius Rufus, Roman praetorian prefect (executed) * Gaius Calpurnius Piso, Roman consul (approximate date) * Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus, Roman procurator * Jude the Apostle, Christian

martyr A martyr (, ''mártys'', 'witness' Word stem, stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party. In ...

(approximate date) * Lucius Antistius Vetus, Roman consul and governor * Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus, Roman politician * Marcus Julius Vestinus Atticus, Roman politician * Marcus Ostorius Scapula, Roman politician * Plautius Lateranus, Roman politician (executed) * Poppea Sabina, second wife of

(b. AD 30) * Seneca, Roman statesman and tutor of Nero (b.

AD 1 The 0s began on January 1, AD 1 and ended on December 31, AD 9, covering the first nine years of the Common Era. In Europe, the 0s saw the continuation of conflict between the Roman Empire and Germanic tribes in the Early Imperial campaigns ...

) * Simon the Zealot, Christian martyr (approximate date)

References

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