96
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This article is about the year 96. For the number 96, see 96 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
| Decades: | 60s 70s 80s – 90s – 100s 110s 120s |
| Years: | 93 94 95 – 96 – 97 98 99 |
| 96 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 96 XCVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 848 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1748 – -1747 |
| Bengali calendar | -497 |
| Berber calendar | 1046 |
| Buddhist calendar | 640 |
| Burmese calendar | -542 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5604 – 5605 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙未年十一月十八日 (2732/2792-11-18) — to —
丙申年十一月廿八日(2733/2793-11-28) |
| Coptic calendar | -188 – -187 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 88 – 89 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3856 – 3857 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 152 – 153 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 18 – 19 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3197 – 3198 |
| Holocene calendar | 10096 |
| Iranian calendar | 526 BP – 525 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 542 BH – 541 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2429 |
| Thai solar calendar | 639 |
Year 96 (XCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Roman Empire
- September 18—Emperor Domitian is stabbed to death by a freedman at age 44 after a 15-year reign in a palace conspiracy involving his wife Domitia Longina and officers of the Praetorian Guard. The Flavian dynasty ends.
- Nerva is declared emperor by the Senate as the new ruler of the Roman Empire. He recalls citizens exiled by Domitian, this is the beginning of the Era of the Five Good Emperors. The Antonines dynasty starts.
- Under Nerva, the Roman Senate regains much of the power usurped by Domitian.
- Marcus Ulpius Traianus becomes governor of Upper Germany.
- Construction begins on the Forum of Nerva in Rome.
- The Arch of Titus is completed in Rome.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Arts and sciences
[edit] Religion
- The Book of Revelation is written (traditional date).
- A schism in Buddhism creates a new, popular religion in India, mahâyâna (Grand Vehicle).
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- September 18—Domitian, Roman emperor
- Statius, Latin poet
