50

This page is about the year 50. For the actual number, see fifty.

50 (Roman numerals: L) is a common year of the Gregorian calendar. It started on a Saturday. It was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was not in use at the time of the common year starting on Saturday and ending on Saturday.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	20s  30s  40s  – 50s –  60s  70s  80s
Years:	47 48 49 – 50 – 51 52 53

AD 50 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 50 L
Ab urbe condita	803
Assyrian calendar	4800
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−543
Berber calendar	1000
Buddhist calendar	594
Burmese calendar	−588
Byzantine calendar	5558–5559
Chinese calendar	己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 2746 or 2686     — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 2747 or 2687
Coptic calendar	−234 – −233
Discordian calendar	1216
Ethiopian calendar	42–43
Hebrew calendar	3810–3811
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	106–107
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3150–3151
Holocene calendar	10050
Iranian calendar	572 BP – 571 BP
Islamic calendar	590 BH – 589 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 50 L
Korean calendar	2383
Minguo calendar	1862 before ROC 民前1862年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1418
Seleucid era	361/362 AG
Thai solar calendar	592–593
Tibetan calendar	阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 176 or −205 or −977     — to — 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 177 or −204 or −976

It is one of only seven years to use just one Roman numeral. The seven are 1 AD (I), 5 AD (V), 10 AD (X), 50 AD (L), 100 AD (C), 500 AD (D), and 1000 AD (M).

Events

• The Romans create a city called Londinium on the River Thames

Deaths

• Abgarus of Edessa, king of Osroene
• Aulus Cornelius Celsus, writer of De Medicina
• Gamliel I, the nasi of the Jewish people in Babylonia