AD 26

This article is about the 26th year of the common era. For "Ad26", adenovirus serotype 26, see Adenoviridae.

AD 26 (XXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 26th Year of the Anno Domini (AD) designation, the 26th year of the 1st millennium, the 26th year of the 1st century, and the 6th year of the 3rd decade. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Sabinus (or, less frequently, year 779 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 26 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:	1st century BC 1st century 2nd century
Decades:	0s 10s 20s 30s 40s
Years:	23 24 25 AD 26 27 28 29

AD 26 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 26 XXVI
Ab urbe condita	779
Assyrian calendar	4776
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−567
Berber calendar	976
Buddhist calendar	570
Burmese calendar	−612
Byzantine calendar	5534–5535
Chinese calendar	乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 2723 or 2516     — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 2724 or 2517
Coptic calendar	−258 – −257
Discordian calendar	1192
Ethiopian calendar	18–19
Hebrew calendar	3786–3787
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	82–83
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3126–3127
Holocene calendar	10026
Iranian calendar	596 BP – 595 BP
Islamic calendar	614 BH – 613 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 26 XXVI
Korean calendar	2359
Minguo calendar	1886 before ROC 民前1886年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1442
Seleucid era	337/338 AG
Thai solar calendar	568–569
Tibetan calendar	阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 152 or −229 or −1001     — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 153 or −228 or −1000

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Pontius Pilate is appointed as prefect of Judea.
• Jesus's crucifixion, one out of three possible years.
• Emperor Tiberius retires to Capri, leaving the Praetorian Guard under Lucius Aelius Sejanus in charge of the Roman Empire and the city of Rome.
• Romans crush an uprising of Thracian tribesmen.^[1]

Deaths

• Claudia Pulchra, cousin and close friend to Agrippina the Elder (b. 14 BC)
• Marcus Asinius Agrippa, Roman consul
• Quintus Haterius, Roman politician
• Sun Deng, Chinese puppet emperor

References

1. Tacitus, The Annals 4.46-4.51