65

This page is about the year 65. For the actual number, see sixty-five.

65 (LXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar in the 1st century.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	30s  40s  50s  – 60s –  70s  80s  90s
Years:	62 63 64 – 65 – 66 67 68

AD 65 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 65 LXV
Ab urbe condita	818
Assyrian calendar	4815
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−528
Berber calendar	1015
Buddhist calendar	609
Burmese calendar	−573
Byzantine calendar	5573–5574
Chinese calendar	甲子年 (Wood Rat) 2761 or 2701     — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 2762 or 2702
Coptic calendar	−219 – −218
Discordian calendar	1231
Ethiopian calendar	57–58
Hebrew calendar	3825–3826
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	121–122
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3165–3166
Holocene calendar	10065
Iranian calendar	557 BP – 556 BP
Islamic calendar	574 BH – 573 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 65 LXV
Korean calendar	2398
Minguo calendar	1847 before ROC 民前1847年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1403
Seleucid era	376/377 AG
Thai solar calendar	607–608
Tibetan calendar	阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 191 or −190 or −962     — to — 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 192 or −189 or −961

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Gaius Calpurnius Piso goes against Roman emperor Nero.
• Cestius Gallus becomes legate of Syria.
• After a stage performance in which he appears and shocks the senatorial class, Nero goes against Seneca, Tigellinus, pro-republican senators, and anyone else he distrusts.
• Nero kills his pregnant wife, Poppea Sabina, with a kick to the stomach.

By topic

Religion

• The Gospel of Matthew is probably written between 60 and this year.
• Paul of Tarsus ordains Timothy as bishop of Ephesus (traditional date).
• In China, the first official reference to Buddhism is made.
• The first Christian community in Africa is founded by Mark, a disciple of Peter. Mark begins to write his gospel.
• Probable martyrdom date of the apostle Thaddeus, also called Saint Jude in Armenia.
• Probable martyrdom date of the apostle Simon the Canaanite in Armenia.

Deaths

• April 30 – Lucan, Roman poet and philosopher
• Petronius, Roman writer (see 66)
• Poppea Sabina, wife of Nero
• Piso (Gaius Calpurnius Piso)
• Saint Jude, Christian martyr (in Armenia) (probably this year)
• Simon the Canaanite, Christian martyr (in Armenia) (probably this year)
• Seneca the Younger, Roman statesman, philosopher, and tutor of Nero