33

Year 33 (XXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Galba is a Roman Consul.
• Tiberius founds a credit bank in Rome.
• A financial crisis hits Rome, due to poorly chosen fiscal policies. Land values plummet, and credit is increased. These actions lead to a lack of cash, a crisis of confidence, and much land speculation. The primary victims are senators, knights and the wealthy. Many aristocratic families are ruined.

China

• Although the usurpation of Wang Mang and the Chimei Rebellion are behind him, Emperor Guangwu now faces a new threat to the Han Dynasty: the Rebellion of Gongsun Shu in the Sichuan province. Gongsun's naval forces are unsuccessful against Han General Cen Peng, so Gongsun decides to fortify his position by blockading the entire Yangtze River with a large floating pontoon bridge, complete with floating fortified posts. He erects forts on both banks of the river for further missile fire and protects his barrier with a large boom. After Cen Peng is unable to break through, he constructs several "castle ships" with high ramparts and ramming vessels known as "colliding swoopers", which break through Gongsun's lines and allow Cen to quell his rebellion. Gongsun Shu is totally defeated three years later.

By topic

Religion

• The following Christian chronology uses traditional dates; 30 and 28 are also suggested as a date for these events, and are currently considered the likely dates.
  • Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem—Sunday, March 29 (Palm Sunday)
  • Last Supper—Thursday, April 2 (Holy Thursday)
  • Judas Iscariot, disciple of Jesus, reportedly commits suicide hours before the death of his teacher.
  • Crucifixion of Jesus—Friday, April 3 (Good Friday)
  • Resurrection of Jesus—Sunday, April 5 (Easter)
  • Ascension of Jesus—Thursday, May 14 (Ascension Day)
  • The Coming of the Holy Spirit—Sunday, May 24 (Pentecost)
• Traditionally, Christianity is founded on this date, since the "preparation period" for the Church Age is complete. The Eastern Orthodox and the Roman Catholic denominations also claim founding on this date. Details of the beginning of the Christian Church are found in the Biblical book of Acts of the Apostles.
• Saint Peter becomes Pope (according to Roman Catholic tradition) (see 32)

Births

• Gaius Rubellius Plautus, son of Gaius Rubellius Blandus and Julia

Deaths

• Jesus
• Gaius Asinius Gallus, widower of Vipsania Agrippina and potential lover of Agrippina the elder (starvation)
• Agrippina the Elder, wife of Germanicus (suicide by starvation)
• Nero Caesar (not to be confused with the Emperor Nero Caesar), son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, adoptive grandson of Tiberius (starvation)
• Drusus Caesar, son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, adoptive son of Tiberius (starvation)
• Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, senator, consul 6, father-in-law of Drusus Caesar (natural causes)
• Gongsun Shu, Chinese warlord of Sichuan province who opposed the restored Han Dynasty