This article is about the year. For the number, see 60 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
| Decades: | 30s 40s 50s – 60s – 70s 80s 90s |
| Years: | 57 58 59 – 60 – 61 62 63 |
| 60 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 60 LX |
| Ab urbe condita | 813 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1784 – -1783 |
| Berber calendar | 1010 |
| Buddhist calendar | 604 |
| Burmese calendar | -578 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5568 – 5569 |
| Chinese calendar | 己未年十一月初九日 (2696/2756-11-9) — to —
庚申年十一月二十日(2697/2757-11-20) |
| Coptic calendar | -224 – -223 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 52 – 53 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3820 – 3821 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 115 – 116 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3161 – 3162 |
| Holocene calendar | 10060 |
| Iranian calendar | 562 BP – 561 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 579 BH – 578 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2393 |
| Thai solar calendar | 603 |
Year 60 (LX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Romans build the first London Bridge.
- Boudica sacks London (approximate date).
- The Rhoxolani are defeated on the Danube by the Romans.
- Vitellius is (possibly) proconsul of Africa.
- Herod Agrippa II rules the northeast of Judea.
By topic
Religion
- The First Epistle of Peter, if by Saint Peter, is probably written between this year and c. 64.
- Paul of Tarsus journeys to Rome, but is shipwrecked at Malta. He stays on Malta for three months and converts the Roman governor Publius.
Art and science
- Hero of Alexandria writes Metrica, Mechanics, and Pneumatics.
- 60–79 – House of the Vettii, Pompeii, is rebuilt.
Births
Deaths
- Domitius Afer, Roman orator
- Saint Peter (official date)
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