AD 47

AD 47 (XLVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Claudius and Vitellius (or, less frequently, year 800 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 47 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

AD 47 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 47 XLVII
Ab urbe condita	800
Assyrian calendar	4797
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−547 – −546
Berber calendar	997
Buddhist calendar	591
Burmese calendar	−591
Byzantine calendar	5555–5556
Chinese calendar	丙午年 (Fire Horse) 2744 or 2537     — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 2745 or 2538
Coptic calendar	−237 – −236
Discordian calendar	1213
Ethiopian calendar	39–40
Hebrew calendar	3807–3808
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	103–104
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3147–3148
Holocene calendar	10047
Iranian calendar	575 BP – 574 BP
Islamic calendar	593 BH – 592 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 47 XLVII
Korean calendar	2380
Minguo calendar	1865 before ROC 民前1865年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1421
Seleucid era	358/359 AG
Thai solar calendar	589–590
Tibetan calendar	མེ་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་ (male Fire-Horse) 173 or −208 or −980     — to — མེ་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Fire-Sheep) 174 or −207 or −979

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Claudius revives the censorship and ludi saeculares, and organises the order of the Haruspices, with 60 members.
• Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo is made commander of the Roman army in Germania Inferior. He conquers the Chauci and fights against the Cherusci and Frisians.
• Cauci pirates led by the Roman deserter Gannascus ravage the Gallic coast; Corbulo uses the Rhine fleet against them. The Frisian revolt is suppressed.
• Publius Ostorius Scapula replaces Aulus Plautius as governor of Britain. The south-east of the island is now a Roman province, while certain states on the south coast are ruled as a nominally independent client kingdom by Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus, whose seat is probably at Fishbourne near Chichester. Ostorius immediately faces incursions from unconquered areas, which he puts down.
• Corbulo orders the construction of the canal Fossa Corbulonis, between the Rhine and Meuse in the Netherlands, which connects the city Forum Hadriani (Voorburg).
• Romans build the Traiectum fortification near the mouth of the Rhine, which will later grow to be the city of Utrecht.
• Claudius founds the city Forum Claudii Vallensium (modern Martigny) in the Alpes Poeninae (Switzerland).

By topic

Religion

• Ananias becomes high priest in Judaea.
• Paul starts his evangelistic work (first missionary journey), accompanied by Barnabas and Mark (possible date).

Births

• Taejodae, Korean ruler of Goguryeo (d. 165)

Deaths

• Decimus Valerius Asiaticus, Roman politician and consul
• Gaius Sallustius Crispus Passienus, Roman consul
• Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Roman nobleman
• Quintus Sanquinius Maximus, Roman politician
• Vardanes I, king of the Parthian Empire