AD 74 (LXXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Titus (third time) and Vespasian (fifth time) (or, less frequently, year 827 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 74 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.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | AD 74 LXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 827 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4824 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −519 |
| Berber calendar | 1024 |
| Buddhist calendar | 618 |
| Burmese calendar | −564 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5582–5583 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 2771 or 2564 — to — 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 2772 or 2565 |
| Coptic calendar | −210 – −209 |
| Discordian calendar | 1240 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 66–67 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3834–3835 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 130–131 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3174–3175 |
| Holocene calendar | 10074 |
| Iranian calendar | 548 BP – 547 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 565 BH – 564 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | AD 74 LXXIV |
| Korean calendar | 2407 |
| Minguo calendar | 1838 before ROC 民前1838年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1394 |
| Seleucid era | 385/386 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 616–617 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 200 or −181 or −953 — to — 阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) 201 or −180 or −952 |
Events
editBy place
editRoman Empire
edit- Emperor Vespasian and his son Titus Caesar Vespasianus become Roman Consuls.[1]
- The Black Forest region is reattached to the Roman Empire.[citation needed]
- December 27 – Vespasian grants generous privileges to doctors and teachers.[citation needed]
Asia
edit- The Chinese reestablish a protectorate of the Western Regions.[citation needed]
- Chinese generals Dou Gu (Teou Kou) and Geng Bing (Keng Ping) take control of Turpan.[citation needed]
By topic
editArts and Science
edit- Mesopotamia: The last known cuneiform text is written.[2]
Births
edit- March 18 – Hyginus, bishop of Rome[citation needed]
Deaths
edit- Caenis, Roman slave and secretary of Antonia Minor (mother of Emperor Claudius) and mistress of Emperor Vespasian
- Polemon II, prince of the Bosporan Kingdom, Pontus, Cilicia and Cappadocia
References
edit- ^ "The Chronography of 354 AD. Part 8: Consular feasts from the fall of the kings to AD 354".
- ^ Westenholz, Aage (December 18, 2007). "The Graeco-Babyloniaca Once Again". Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie. 97 (2): 294. doi:10.1515/ZA.2007.014. S2CID 161908528.
The latest datable cuneiform tablet that we have today concerns astronomical events of 75 AD and comes from Babylon. It provides a terminus post quem, at least for Babylon.