65 CE
The freedman Milichus betrays the Pisonian conspiracy led by Gaius Calpurnius Piso to kill Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested. Paul of Tarsus ordains Timothy as bishop of Ephesus (traditional date). Paul writes his first epistle to Timothy in Corinth; afterwards, he goes to Nikopoli to spend the winter.
In the 60s, the 1st century.
Conflict & Security
- After a stage performance in which he appears and shocks the senatorial class considerably, Nero engages in a series of reprisals against Seneca the Younger and Tigellinus, pro-republican senators, and anyone else he distrusts.source
Religion & Belief
- Paul of Tarsus ordains Timothy as bishop of Ephesus (traditional date).source
- Paul writes his first epistle to Timothy in Corinth; afterwards, he goes to Nikopoli to spend the winter.source
- The first Christian community in Africa is founded by Mark, a disciple of Peter.source
- In China, the first official reference to Buddhism is made.source
Crime & Justice
Births
Deaths
- April 30 – Lucan, Roman poet and philosopher (born AD 39)source
- Nero's pregnant wife, Poppea Sabina, dies from Nero kicking her stomach or while having a miscarriage.source
- Seneca, Roman statesman and tutor of Nero (born AD 1)source
- Poppea Sabina, second wife of Nero (born AD 30)source
- Simon the Zealot, Christian martyr (approximate date)source
- Plautius Lateranus, Roman politician (executed)source
- Faenius Rufus, Roman praetorian prefect (executed)source
- Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus, Roman procuratorsource
- Jude the Apostle, Christian martyr (approximate date)source
- Gaius Calpurnius Piso, Roman consul (approximate date)source
- Marcus Ostorius Scapula, Roman politiciansource
- Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus, Roman politiciansource
- Marcus Julius Vestinus Atticus, Roman politiciansource
- Lucius Antistius Vetus, Roman consul and governorsource