61

This article is about the year 61. For the number (and other uses), see 61 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	30s  40s  50s  – 60s –  70s  80s  90s
Years:	58 59 60 – 61 – 62 63 64

61 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

61 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	61 LXI
Ab urbe condita	814
Armenian calendar	N/A
Assyrian calendar	4811
Bahá'í calendar	-1783–-1782
Bengali calendar	-532
Berber calendar	1011
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	605
Burmese calendar	-577
Byzantine calendar	5569–5570
Chinese calendar	庚申年十一月廿一日 (2697/2757-11-21) — to — 辛酉年十二月初一日 (2698/2758-12-1)
Coptic calendar	-223–-222
Ethiopian calendar	53–54
Hebrew calendar	3821–3822
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	117–118
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3162–3163
Holocene calendar	10061
Iranian calendar	561 BP – 560 BP
Islamic calendar	578 BH – 577 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2394
Minguo calendar	1851 before ROC 民前1851年
Thai solar calendar	604

Year 61 (LXI) 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 Turpilianus and Caesennius (or, less frequently, year 814 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 61 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

• Publius Petronius Turpilianus and Lucius Caesennius Paetus become Roman consuls.
• The Druidic stronghold of Anglesey in north Wales is attacked and destroyed by Suetonius Paulinus (Tacitus, Annals xiv 30).
• Verulamium (St Alban) is sacked and burnt by the Britons. Roman citizens are molested and killed.
• Boudica, Queen of the Iceni, leads a Celtic revolt in Britain. She is defeated in the Battle of Watling Street by a Roman wedge formation. According to the First Century Roman historian Tacitus, she died by poisoning herself so she would not be enslaved by the Roman governor, Suetonius Paulinus. Cassius Dio, on the other hand, tells an alternative version of Boudica's death, simply saying that she "fell sick and died."
• After defeating the Iceni, the Romans continue the process of Romanizing Britain. They create Roman-style cities, install a Roman administration and build roads.
• Galba becomes governor of Hispania Tarraconensis.

Births

• Pliny the Younger, Roman author and statesman (d. c. 112)

Deaths

• Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni