This article is about the year. For the number, see 97 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
| Decades: | 60s 70s 80s – 90s – 100s 110s 120s |
| Years: | 94 95 96 – 97 – 98 99 100 |
| 97 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 97 XCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 850 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1747 – -1746 |
| Berber calendar | 1047 |
| Buddhist calendar | 641 |
| Burmese calendar | -541 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5605 – 5606 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙申年十一月廿九日 (2733/2793-11-29) — to —
丁酉年十一月初十日(2734/2794-11-10) |
| Coptic calendar | -187 – -186 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 89 – 90 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3857 – 3858 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 152 – 153 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 19 – 20 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3198 – 3199 |
| Holocene calendar | 10097 |
| Iranian calendar | 525 BP – 524 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 541 BH – 540 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2430 |
| Thai solar calendar | 640 |
Year 97 (XCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- October 28—Roman emperor Nerva names Trajan as his adoptive son and successor. By doing so he also averts a threatened mutiny of the Praetorian Guard and other military units.
- Tacitus advances to consulship.
- The Roman colony of Cuicul is started in Numidia.
- Nerva recognizes the Sanhedrin of Jamnia as an official governmental body of the Jews, and the patriarch or nasi is designated as the representative of the Jewish people in Rome.
Asia
- Chinese general Ban Chao orders his lieutenant, Gan Ying, to establish regular relations with the Parthians.
By topic
Religion
- Pope Evaristus succeeds Pope Clement I as the fifth pope (according to Catholic tradition; none of the Popes until the mid second century is certain).
Births
Deaths
- Wang Chong, Chinese philosopher (b. 27)
- Empress Dou
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