65

This page is about the year 65. For the actual number, see sixty-five.

65 (LXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar in the 1st century.

AD 65 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 65 LXV
Ab urbe condita	818
Assyrian calendar	4815
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−528
Berber calendar	1015
Buddhist calendar	609
Burmese calendar	−573
Byzantine calendar	5573–5574
Chinese calendar	甲子年 (Wood Rat) 2761 or 2701     — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 2762 or 2702
Coptic calendar	−219 – −218
Discordian calendar	1231
Ethiopian calendar	57–58
Hebrew calendar	3825–3826
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	121–122
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3165–3166
Holocene calendar	10065
Iranian calendar	557 BP – 556 BP
Islamic calendar	574 BH – 573 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 65 LXV
Korean calendar	2398
Minguo calendar	1847 before ROC 民前1847年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1403
Seleucid era	376/377 AG
Thai solar calendar	607–608
Tibetan calendar	ཤིང་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Wood-Rat) 191 or −190 or −962     — to — ཤིང་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Wood-Ox) 192 or −189 or −961

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Gaius Calpurnius Piso goes against Roman emperor Nero.
• Cestius Gallus becomes legate of Syria.
• After a stage performance in which he appears and shocks the senatorial class, Nero goes against Seneca, Tigellinus, pro-republican senators, and anyone else he distrusts.
• Nero kills his pregnant wife, Poppea Sabina, with a kick to the stomach.

By topic

Religion

• The Gospel of Matthew is probably written between 60 and this year.
• Paul of Tarsus ordains Timothy as bishop of Ephesus (traditional date).
• In China, the first official reference to Buddhism is made.
• The first Christian community in Africa is founded by Mark, a disciple of Peter. Mark begins to write his gospel.
• Probable martyrdom date of the apostle Thaddeus, also called Saint Jude in Armenia.
• Probable martyrdom date of the apostle Simon the Canaanite in Armenia.

Deaths

• April 30 – Lucan, Roman poet and philosopher
• Petronius, Roman writer (see 66)
• Poppea Sabina, wife of Nero
• Piso (Gaius Calpurnius Piso)
• Saint Jude, Christian martyr (in Armenia) (probably this year)
• Simon the Canaanite, Christian martyr (in Armenia) (probably this year)
• Seneca the Younger, Roman statesman, philosopher, and tutor of Nero