48

This page is about the year 48. For the actual number, see forty-eight.

48 is a year in the 1st century. It was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vitellius and Poplicola.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	10s  20s  30s  – 40s –  50s  60s  70s
Years:	45 46 47 – 48 – 49 50 51

AD 48 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 48 XLVIII
Ab urbe condita	801
Assyrian calendar	4798
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−545
Berber calendar	998
Buddhist calendar	592
Burmese calendar	−590
Byzantine calendar	5556–5557
Chinese calendar	丁未年 (Fire Goat) 2744 or 2684     — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 2745 or 2685
Coptic calendar	−236 – −235
Discordian calendar	1214
Ethiopian calendar	40–41
Hebrew calendar	3808–3809
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	104–105
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3148–3149
Holocene calendar	10048
Iranian calendar	574 BP – 573 BP
Islamic calendar	592 BH – 591 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 48 XLVIII
Korean calendar	2381
Minguo calendar	1864 before ROC 民前1864年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1420
Seleucid era	359/360 AG
Thai solar calendar	590–591
Tibetan calendar	阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 174 or −207 or −979     — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 175 or −206 or −978

Events

• Roman Emperor Claudius makes Agrippa II superintendent of the Temple in Jerusalem
• Probable date of the Apostolic Council
• The Silures, with the help of Caratacus, revolt against the Romans in Britain.
• The Hsiung-nu empire ends
• Gallic nobles are admitted to the Roman Senate

Births

• Ts'ai Lun, inventor of paper (d. 121)
• Ulpia Marciana, sister of emperor Trajan (d. 112)

Deaths

• Valeria Messalina, third wife of emperor Claudius
• Pompey - military and political leader of Roman Republic