48

This page is about the year 48. For the actual number, see forty-eight.

48 is a year in the 1st century. It was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vitellius and Poplicola.

AD 48 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 48 XLVIII
Ab urbe condita	801
Assyrian calendar	4798
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−545
Berber calendar	998
Buddhist calendar	592
Burmese calendar	−590
Byzantine calendar	5556–5557
Chinese calendar	丁未年 (Fire Goat) 2744 or 2684     — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 2745 or 2685
Coptic calendar	−236 – −235
Discordian calendar	1214
Ethiopian calendar	40–41
Hebrew calendar	3808–3809
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	104–105
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3148–3149
Holocene calendar	10048
Iranian calendar	574 BP – 573 BP
Islamic calendar	592 BH – 591 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 48 XLVIII
Korean calendar	2381
Minguo calendar	1864 before ROC 民前1864年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1420
Seleucid era	359/360 AG
Thai solar calendar	590–591
Tibetan calendar	མེ་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Fire-Sheep) 174 or −207 or −979     — to — ས་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Earth-Monkey) 175 or −206 or −978

Events

• Roman Emperor Claudius makes Agrippa II superintendent of the Temple in Jerusalem
• Probable date of the Apostolic Council
• The Silures, with the help of Caratacus, revolt against the Romans in Britain.
• The Hsiung-nu empire ends
• Gallic nobles are admitted to the Roman Senate

Births

• Ts'ai Lun, inventor of paper (d. 121)
• Ulpia Marciana, sister of emperor Trajan (d. 112)

Deaths

• Valeria Messalina, third wife of emperor Claudius
• Pompey - military and political leader of Roman Republic