AD 59

AD 59 in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	AD 59; LIX
Ab urbe condita	812
Assyrian calendar	4809
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−534
Berber calendar	1009
Buddhist calendar	603
Burmese calendar	−579
Byzantine calendar	5567–5568
Chinese calendar	Mậu ngọNăm (EarthHorse); 2756 or 2549; — to —; Mình chưa năm (EarthGoat); 2757 or 2550
Coptic calendar	−225 – −224
Discordian calendar	1225
Ethiopian calendar	51–52
Hebrew calendar	3819–3820
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	115–116
-Shaka Samvat	N/A
-Kali Yuga	3159–3160
Holocene calendar	10059
Iranian calendar	563 BP – 562 BP
Islamic calendar	580 BH – 579 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 59; LIX
Korean calendar	2392
Minguo calendar	1853 beforeROC; Dân trước 1853 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−1409
Seleucid era	370/371AG
Thai solar calendar	601–602
Tibetan calendar	Dương thổ mã năm; (male Earth-Horse); 185 or −196 or −968; — to —; Âm thổ dương năm; (female Earth-Goat); 186 or −195 or −967

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st centuryBC; 1st century; 2nd century;
Decades:	30s; 40s; 50s; 60s; 70s;
Years:	56; 57; 58; AD59; 60; 61; 62;

AD 59(LIX) was acommon year starting on Monday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.At the time, it was known as theYear of theConsulshipofApronianusandCapito(or, less frequently,year 812Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 59 for this year has been used since the earlymedieval period,when theAnno Domini calendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

March 23– EmperorNeroorders the murder of his motherAgrippina the Younger.He tries to kill her through a plannedshipwreck,but when she survives, he has her executed and frames it as asuicide.
Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo,Romancommander in the east, capturesTigranocertainMesopotamia.He installsTigranes VI,aCappadocianprince, as ruler ofArmenia.For the next four years, acohortfromLegio VI FerrataandLegio X Fretensisis stationed in the capital as bodyguard to the king, supported by fifteen hundredauxiliaries.
Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetusretires from theRoman Senate.He openly shows his disgust at the behaviour of Nero regarding the murder of Agrippina.
Rioting breaks out between the people ofPompeiiand the people ofNuceriaduring agladiatorfight in Pompeii. Thousands are killed.

In theSatyricon,Petroniuspokes fun at Roman immorality.
Aneclipseon 30 April over North Africa is recorded by Pliny the Elder in his Natural History.

Paul the Apostlepleads his case and testifies to hisChristianitybefore KingAgrippa IIof theHerodians,who responds "You almost persuade me to be a Christian."^[1]