26

This page is about the year 26. For the actual number, see twenty-six.

26 is a year in the 1st century. It was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Sabinus.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	0s BC  0s  10s  – 20s –  30s  40s  50s
Years:	23 24 25 – 26 – 27 28 29

AD 26 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 26 XXVI
Ab urbe condita	779
Assyrian calendar	4776
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−567
Berber calendar	976
Buddhist calendar	570
Burmese calendar	−612
Byzantine calendar	5534–5535
Chinese calendar	乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 2722 or 2662     — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 2723 or 2663
Coptic calendar	−258 – −257
Discordian calendar	1192
Ethiopian calendar	18–19
Hebrew calendar	3786–3787
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	82–83
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3126–3127
Holocene calendar	10026
Iranian calendar	596 BP – 595 BP
Islamic calendar	614 BH – 613 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 26 XXVI
Korean calendar	2359
Minguo calendar	1886 before ROC 民前1886年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1442
Seleucid era	337/338 AG
Thai solar calendar	568–569
Tibetan calendar	阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 152 or −229 or −1001     — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 153 or −228 or −1000

Events

• Pontius Pilate is appointed as Prefect of Judaea.
• The Emperor Tiberius retires to Capri. He leaves the praetorian prefect Sejanus in charge of both Rome and the Empire.
• Romans stop an uprising of Thracian tribesmen.

Deaths

• Claudia Pulchra, second cousin and close friend to Agrippina the elder.
• Possible crucifixion of Jesus