AD 97

AD 97 (XCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Rufus (or, less frequently, year 850 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 97 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC 1st century 2nd century
Decades:	70s 80s 90s 100s 110s
Years:	94 95 96 AD 97 98 99 100

AD 97 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 97 XCVII
Ab urbe condita	850
Assyrian calendar	4847
Balinese saka calendar	18–19
Bengali calendar	−496
Berber calendar	1047
Buddhist calendar	641
Burmese calendar	−541
Byzantine calendar	5605–5606
Chinese calendar	丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 2793 or 2733     — to — 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 2794 or 2734
Coptic calendar	−187 – −186
Discordian calendar	1263
Ethiopian calendar	89–90
Hebrew calendar	3857–3858
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	153–154
- Shaka Samvat	18–19
- Kali Yuga	3197–3198
Holocene calendar	10097
Iranian calendar	525 BP – 524 BP
Islamic calendar	541 BH – 540 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 97 XCVII
Korean calendar	2430
Minguo calendar	1815 before ROC 民前1815年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1371
Seleucid era	408/409 AG
Thai solar calendar	639–640
Tibetan calendar	阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 223 or −158 or −930     — to — 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 224 or −157 or −929

Events

Roman Empire

• October 28 – Emperor Nerva recalls his general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus, age 44, from the German frontier and is forced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt him as his successor.
• Tacitus advances to consulship.
• The Roman colony of Cuicul is started in Numidia.
• Gloucester, England is founded as Colonia Glevum Nervensis by the Romans.
• 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.
• Sextus Julius Frontinus is appointed superintendent of the aqueducts (curator aquarum) in Rome. At least 10 aqueducts supply the city with 250 million US gallons (950,000 m³) of water per day. The public baths use half the supply.

Asia

• Chinese general Ban Chao orders his lieutenant, Gan Ying, to establish regular relations with the Parthians.

Religion

• Evaristus succeeds Pope Clement I as the fifth pope (according to Catholic tradition; none of the popes until the mid second century is certain).

Deaths

• Lucius Verginius Rufus, Roman politician and general (b. AD 15)
• Timothy, Christian evangelist and saint (b. AD 17)
• Titus Petronius Secundus, Roman prefect (b. AD 40)
• Zhangde, Chinese empress of the Han Dynasty

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