This article is about the year. For the number, see 52 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
| Decades: | 20s 30s 40s – 50s – 60s 70s 80s |
| Years: | 49 50 51 – 52 – 53 54 55 |
- For the comic book, see 52 (comic book).
| 52 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 52 LII |
| Ab urbe condita | 805 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1792 – -1791 |
| Berber calendar | 1002 |
| Buddhist calendar | 596 |
| Burmese calendar | -586 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5560 – 5561 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛亥年十一月十一日 (2688/2748-11-11) — to —
壬子年十一月廿一日(2689/2749-11-21) |
| Coptic calendar | -232 – -231 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 44 – 45 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3812 – 3813 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 107 – 108 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3153 – 3154 |
| Holocene calendar | 10052 |
| Iranian calendar | 570 BP – 569 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 588 BH – 587 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2385 |
| Thai solar calendar | 595 |
Year 52 (LII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- A Roman law prohibits the execution of old and crippled slaves.
- Ananias, a high priest in Jerusalem, is sent to Rome after being accused of violence.
- Barea Soranus is consul suffectus in Rome.
- Pliny the Elder writes his account of the German wars.
- Tiridates I, brother of Vologases I, comes to power in Armenia as an adversary of the Romans.
- In Britain, governor Publius Ostorius Scapula dies while campaigning against the Silures of south Wales. Following his death, the Roman Second Legion are heavily defeated by the Silures. His replacement is Aulus Didius Gallus, who quells the rebellion and consolidates the gains the Romans have so far made, but does not seek new ones.
China
- The Yuejue Shu, the first known gazetteer of China, is written during the Han Dynasty.
By topic
Religion
- Saint Thomas, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, is believed to have landed in Kodungallur, India to preach the Gospel; the Marthoma Church, the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, the Indian Orthodox Church, and the Assyrian Church of the East claim descent from him.
Births
Deaths
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