This article is about the year. For the number, see 41 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
| Decades: | 10s 20s 30s – 40s – 50s 60s 70s |
| Years: | 38 39 40 – 41 – 42 43 44 |
| 41 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 41 XLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 794 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1803 – -1802 |
| Berber calendar | 991 |
| Buddhist calendar | 585 |
| Burmese calendar | -597 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5549 – 5550 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年十一月初十日 (2677/2737-11-10) — to —
辛丑年十一月二十日(2678/2738-11-20) |
| Coptic calendar | -243 – -242 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 33 – 34 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3801 – 3802 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 96 – 97 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3142 – 3143 |
| Holocene calendar | 10041 |
| Iranian calendar | 581 BP – 580 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 599 BH – 598 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2374 |
| Thai solar calendar | 584 |
Year 41 (XLI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Consuls are the emperor Caligula and Gnaeus Sentius Saturninus.
- January 24—Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards.
- January 24—Claudius succeeds his nephew Caligula as Emperor.
- January 25—After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Emperor by the Senate.
- Claudius makes Agrippa king of Judea.
- Messalina, wife of Claudius, persuades Claudius to have Seneca the Younger banished to Corsica on a charge of adultery with Julia Livilla.
- Claudius restores religious freedom to Jews throughout the empire, but prohibits Jews in Rome from proselytising.
- An attack across the Rhine by the Germans is stopped by the Romans.
Asia
- Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty deposes his wife, Guo Shentong, as empress, and creates his consort Yin Lihua empress in her place.
By topic
Religion
- The disciples of Jesus form communities after the Diaspora, especially in Damascus and Antioch. For the first time they are called Christians.
- The timely death of Caligula saves the Jewish people from being punished for resisting that sociopathic emperor's orders to worship his statue in the Temple of Jerusalem.
Births
- Martial, Latin poet (possible birthdate)
- February 12—Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, son of Claudius and Messalina
Deaths
- January 24—Caligula, Roman Emperor (assassinated)
- January 24—
Julia Drusilla , daughter of Caligula (assassinated) - End of the year—Julia Livilla, daughter of Germanicus, niece of Claudius, starved to death in her exile
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