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AD 76 (LXXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Vespasianus (or, less frequently, year 829 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 76 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.

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Roman Empire

  • Emperor Vespasianus Augustus and Titus Caesar Vespasianus become Roman Consuls.
  • Governor Sextus Julius Frontinus subdues the Silures and other hostile tribes of Wales, establishing a fortress at Caerleon or Isca Augusta for Legio II Augusta, and makes a network of smaller forts for his auxiliary forces.

    • China

  • First year of Jianchu era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.

    • Arts and sciences

  • Chinese historian Ban Gu develops a theory of the origins of the universe.

    • Religion

  • Pope Anacletus I succeeds Pope Linus as the third pope (according to the official Vatican list).

    • Births

  • January 24 – Hadrian, Roman emperor (117–138) (d. 138)

    • Deaths

  • Pope Linus, second Bishop of Rome
  • Quintus Asconius Pedianus, Roman historian (b. c. 9 BC)

    • References

    AD 76 Wikipedia
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