AD 77

AD 77 (LXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vespasian and Titus (or, less frequently, year 830 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 77 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 77 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 77 LXXVII
Ab urbe condita	830
Assyrian calendar	4827
Balinese saka calendar	−2 – −1
Bengali calendar	−517 – −516
Berber calendar	1027
Buddhist calendar	621
Burmese calendar	−561
Byzantine calendar	5585–5586
Chinese calendar	丙子年 (Fire Rat) 2774 or 2567     — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 2775 or 2568
Coptic calendar	−207 – −206
Discordian calendar	1243
Ethiopian calendar	69–70
Hebrew calendar	3837–3838
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	133–134
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3177–3178
Holocene calendar	10077
Iranian calendar	545 BP – 544 BP
Islamic calendar	562 BH – 561 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 77 LXXVII
Korean calendar	2410
Minguo calendar	1835 before ROC 民前1835年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1391
Seleucid era	388/389 AG
Thai solar calendar	619–620
Tibetan calendar	མེ་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Fire-Rat) 203 or −178 or −950     — to — མེ་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Fire-Ox) 204 or −177 or −949

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Gnaeus Julius Agricola is named governor of Britannia, a post he occupies until AD 84. He extends the Roman influence to the mouth of the River Clyde (Scotland), and builds fortifications.
• Agricola subdues the Ordovices in Wales, and pursues the remnants of the tribe to Anglesey, the holy island of the Druids.
• The Caledonian tribes in Scotland form a confederacy of 30,000 warriors, under the leadership of Calgacus.
• Winter – Agricola conquers Anglesey, and disperses his army to their winter quarters.

Asia

• King Giru of Baekje succeeds to the throne of Baekje in the Korean Peninsula.^[1]

By topic

Arts and sciences

• Pliny the Elder publishes the first ten books of Naturalis Historia.
• The Romans develop a simple method of distillation.

Deaths

• Daru of Baekje, Korean king^[1]