69

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	30s 40s 50s – 60s – 70s 80s 90s
Years:	66 67 68 – 69 – 70 71 72

69 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments – Disestablishments

**69 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	69 LXIX
Ab urbe condita	822
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-1775 – -1774
Bengali calendar	-524
Berber calendar	1019
Buddhist calendar	613
Burmese calendar	-569
Byzantine calendar	5577 – 5578
Chinese calendar	戊辰年十一月十九日 (2705/2765-11-19) — to — 己巳年十一月廿九日 (2706/2766-11-29)
Coptic calendar	-215 – -214
Ethiopian calendar	61 – 62
Hebrew calendar	3829 – 3830
Hindu calendars
- Bikram Samwat	125 – 126
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3170 – 3171
Holocene calendar	10069
Iranian calendar	553 BP – 552 BP
Islamic calendar	570 BH – 569 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2402
Thai solar calendar	612

Year 69 was a common year starting on a Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

The Year of the Four Emperors: After Nero's death, Galba, Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian succeed each other as emperor during the year.
January 1—The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuses to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebelled and proclaims Vitellius as emperor.
January 10—Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is adopted by Galba and appointed to deputy Roman Emperor.
January 15—Galba and his adopted son Piso are murdered by the Praetorian Guard on the Roman Forum.
Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaims himself emperor, and reigns for three months before committing suicide.
April 14—First Battle of Bedriacum: Vitellius defeats Otho's legions; Otho commits suicide.
April 17—After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes emperor.
July 1—Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as emperor.
August 1—Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis.
The Batavians attack Roman forts on the Rhine frontier; Fectio and Traiectum (modern Utrecht) are destroyed.
In Gallia Belgica cohors II Tungrorum, raised from the inhabitants of Atuatuca Tungrorum in the north-west of the Ardennes Forest revolt against the Romans.
The Danubian legions of Raetia and Moesia proclaims Vespasian as emperor.
October 24—Second Battle of Bedriacum: Flavians under Antonius Primus defeat the Vitellians.
December 22—Vitellius is captured and murdered by the Gemonian stairs. Vespasian becomes emperor.
Judea—The Jewish Revolt – Vespasian lays siege to Jerusalem, the city is captured the following year by his son Titus.
Legio I Macriana liberatrix is disbanded.
The Flavian dynasty starts.

Ongoing events

Roman Empire. The Jewish Revolt in Judea (66–70).

Births

St Polycarp of Smyrna

Deaths

January—Locusta
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus, deputy Roman emperor (b. 38 AD)
January 15—Galba, Roman emperor (b. 3 BC)
April 16—Otho, Roman emperor (b. 32 AD)
June 29—Saint Peter, Apostle and First Bishop of Rome
December 22—Vitellius, Roman emperor (b. 15 AD)