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Centuries:	1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century
Decades:	10s  20s  30s  - 40s -  50s  60s  70s
Years:	37  38  39  - 40 -  41  42  43

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Year 40 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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[edit] Roman Empire

• The emperor Caligula is consul without colleague.
• Caligula embarks on a campaign to conquer Britain, and fails miserably.
• Noricum and Mauretania are incorporated into the Roman Empire.
• Caligula transforms the principate into a Hellenistic Autocracy. He distributes honors carelessly, declares himself a god and orders that all the heads of the Greek statues be replaced by his. He also appoints his horse a senator.

[edit] Europe

• The Germanic Quadi tribe begin settling in present-day Moravia and Slovakia.

[edit] Asia

• Vardanes I becomes king of Parthia, opposed by his brother Gotarzes II.
• The Vietnamese Trung sisters rebel against the rule of the Chinese Emperor Guangwu of Han.

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[edit] Arts and sciences

• Philo teaches that all men are born free.

[edit] Religion

• Christianity comes to Egypt as a church is founded in Alexandria. Mark the Evangelist founds the Coptic Orthodox Church as the first pope.
• An early Christian church is erected at Corinth (most probable date).
• The Jewish festival of Pesach (Passover) is adopted by the Christians and renamed Easter.

[edit] Births

• Pedanius Dioscorides, Greek physician
• Frontinus, Roman general and military author
• Dio Chrysostom, Greek philosopher and historian
• July 13 — Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman governor of Britain
• Claudia Octavia, daughter of Claudius and Messalina. (d. 62)
• Empress Ma of the Han Dynasty

[edit] Deaths

• January — Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, husband of Agrippina the younger, brother-in-law of Caligula (dropsy)
• Ptolemy of Mauretania (executed by Caligula)

Year 40 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar   40 (XL ) Ab urbe condita      793 Armenian calendar N/A Bahá'í calendar    -1804 – -1803 Berber calendar    990 Buddhist calendar    584 Burmese calendar    -598 Chinese calendar      2676/2736-11-28 (己亥年十一月廿八日)               — to —      2677/2737-11-9 (庚子年十一月初九日) Coptic calendar    -244 – -243 Ethiopian calendar    32 – 33 Hebrew calendar    3800 – 3801	Hindu calendars   - Vikram Samvat    95 – 96   - Shaka Samvat     N/A   - Kali Yuga             3141 – 3142 Holocene calendar    10040 Iranian calendar      582 BP – 581 BP Islamic calendar      600 BH – 599 BH Japanese calendar - - Imperial Year:   Kōki   700 (皇紀700年) Julian calendar      85 Korean calendar    2373 Thai solar calendar    583
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