40

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Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century

Decades: 0s BC 0s 10s 20s 30s - 40s - 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s

Years: 35 36 37 38 39 - 40 - 41 42 43 44 45

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Events

• Christianity comes to Egypt as a church is founded in Alexandria. Mark the Evangelist founds the Coptic Orthodox Church as the first pope.
• Caligula embarks on a campaign to conquer Britain.
• German tribe Quadi begin settling in today Moravia and Slovakia.
• Noricum is incorporated into the Roman Empire.
• The Sanhedrin court ceases to function.

Births

• Pedanius Dioscorides, Greek physician
• Frontinus, Roman soldier and author
• Dio Chrysostom, Greek philosopher and historian

Deaths

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For the number 40, see forty.