39
This article is about the year 39. For the number, see 39 (number). For other uses, see 39 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
| Decades: | 0s 10s 20s – 30s – 40s 50s 60s |
| Years: | 36 37 38 – 39 – 40 41 42 |
| 39 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 39 XXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 792 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4789 |
| Bengali calendar | −554 |
| Berber calendar | 989 |
| Buddhist calendar | 583 |
| Burmese calendar | −599 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5547–5548 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 2735 or 2675 — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 2736 or 2676 |
| Coptic calendar | −245 – −244 |
| Discordian calendar | 1205 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 31–32 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3799–3800 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 95–96 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3140–3141 |
| Holocene calendar | 10039 |
| Iranian calendar | 583 BP – 582 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 601 BH – 600 BH |
| Julian calendar | 39 XXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 2372 |
| Minguo calendar | 1873 before ROC 民前1873年 |
| Seleucid era | 350/351 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 581–582 |
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Year 39 (XXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Corbulo (or, less frequently, year 792 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 39 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.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Tigellinus, minister and favorite of the later Roman emperor Nero, is banished for adultery with Caligula's sisters.
- Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (Caligula) and Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo become Roman consuls.
- Domitius Afer secures a consulship. Caligula ordering a floating bridge to be built using ships as pontoons, stretching for two miles from Baiae to the neighboring port of Puteoli.
- Agrippa I, king of Judaea, successfully accuses Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee and Perea, of conspiracy against Caligula. Antipas is exiled and Agrippa receives his territory.[1]
- Legio XV Primigenia and XXII Primigenia are levied by Caligula for the German frontier.
- Caligula's campaign into Germany is stopped by a conspiracy led by Cassius Chaerea. Even though he never even reaches Germany, Caligula proclaims himself victorious and orders a Triumph.
- Caligula orders that a statue of himself be placed in the temple in Jerusalem. The governor of Syria, Publius Petronius, who is responsible for erecting the statue, faces mass demonstrations by Jews of the region and manages to delay construction of the statue until the death of Caligula in 41.
- Philo leads a Jewish delegation to Rome to protest the anti-Jewish conditions in Alexandria.
Asia
Births
- November 3 – Lucan, Roman poet (d. 65 AD)
- December 30 – Titus Flavius, Roman emperor 79–81 (d. 81 AD)
Deaths
- Seneca the Elder, Roman rhetorician (approximate date) (b. c. 54 BC)
Superstition
- The curse of 39 refers to the belief in some parts of Afghanistan that the number 39 is cursed or a badge of shame as it is purportedly linked with prostitution.[2]
References
- ↑ Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 18.247–252; Bruce, F. F. (1963–1965). "Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea" (PDF). Annual of Leeds University Oriental Society 5: 6–23, p. 21. Retrieved 2007-10-21.
- ↑ Nissenbaum, Dion (2011-06-15). "A Symbol of Paid Companionship, No. 39 Is Afghans' Loneliest Number". The Wall Street Journal.