This article is about the year. For the number, see 73 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
| Decades: | 40s 50s 60s – 70s – 80s 90s 100s |
| Years: | 70 71 72 – 73 – 74 75 76 |
| 73 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 73 LXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 826 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1771 – -1770 |
| Berber calendar | 1023 |
| Buddhist calendar | 617 |
| Burmese calendar | -565 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5581 – 5582 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬申年十二月初四日 (2709/2769-12-4) — to —
癸酉年十一月十三日(2710/2770-11-13) |
| Coptic calendar | -211 – -210 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 65 – 66 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3833 – 3834 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 128 – 129 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3174 – 3175 |
| Holocene calendar | 10073 |
| Iranian calendar | 549 BP – 548 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 566 BH – 565 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2406 |
| Thai solar calendar | 616 |
Year 73 (LXXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- The Romans capture Masada, the last outpost of the Jewish rebel forces following the end in 70 of the First Jewish-Roman War (the Jewish Revolt). Nearly 1,000 surviving defenders commit mass suicide when defeat becomes imminent.
- Pliny the Elder serves as procurator in Hispania Tarraconensis.
- Domitian is a Roman Consul.
- Vespasian begins conquest of territory east of the upper Rhine and south of the Main. In addition, he reorganizes the defenses of the upper and lower Danube.
Asia
- February—the Chinese Han Dynasty launches a major campaign against the Xiongnu, whom they confront in the Battle of Yiwulu in the Kumul oasis, an ultimate Han military victory led by General Dou Gu (d. 88).
- Ban Chao (Pan-Tch’ao), competing with the Xiongnu, imposes a Chinese protectorate on the kings of
Lop Nor and Khotan in the Tarim basin, with the aim of controlling the silk trade.
By topic
Arts and Science
Births
Deaths
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