47

This page is about the year 47. For the actual number, see 47 (number).

47 is a year in the 1st century. It was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Vitellius.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	10s  20s  30s  – 40s –  50s  60s  70s
Years:	44 45 46 – 47 – 48 49 50

AD 47 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 47 XLVII
Ab urbe condita	800
Assyrian calendar	4797
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−546
Berber calendar	997
Buddhist calendar	591
Burmese calendar	−591
Byzantine calendar	5555–5556
Chinese calendar	丙午年 (Fire Horse) 2743 or 2683     — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 2744 or 2684
Coptic calendar	−237 – −236
Discordian calendar	1213
Ethiopian calendar	39–40
Hebrew calendar	3807–3808
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	103–104
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3147–3148
Holocene calendar	10047
Iranian calendar	575 BP – 574 BP
Islamic calendar	593 BH – 592 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 47 XLVII
Korean calendar	2380
Minguo calendar	1865 before ROC 民前1865年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1421
Seleucid era	358/359 AG
Thai solar calendar	589–590
Tibetan calendar	阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 173 or −208 or −980     — to — 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 174 or −207 or −979

Events

• Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo is made commander of the Roman army in Germania Inferior. He conquers the Chauci.
• Publius Ostorius Scapula becomes governor of Britain, in place of Aulus Plautius.
• Musselburgh is founded in Roman Britain
• A canal is built between the Rhine and Meuse in the Netherlands

Deaths

• Vardanes I of Parthia