- 33
Year 33 was a
common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar .__NOTOC__Events
By place
Roman Empire
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Galba is a Roman Consul.
*Tiberius founds a credit bank inRome .
* A financial crisis hitsRome , due to poorly chosen fiscal policies. Land values plummet, and credit is increased. These actions lead to a lack of cash, a crisis of confidence, and muchland speculation . The primary victims are senators, knights and the wealthy. Many aristocratic families are ruined.China
* Although the usurpation of
Wang Mang and the Chimei Rebellion are behind him, Emperor Guangwu now faces a new threat to theHan Dynasty : the Rebellion of Gongsun Shu in theSichuan province. Gongsun's naval forces are unsuccessful against Han General Cen Peng, so Gongsun decides to fortify his position by blockading the entireYangtze River with a large floatingpontoon bridge , complete with floating fortified posts. He erects forts on both banks of the river for further missile fire and protects his barrier with a large boom. After Cen Peng is unable to break through, he constructs several "castle ships" with highrampart s andramming vessels known as "colliding swoopers", which break through Gongsun's lines and allow Cen to quell his rebellion. Gongsun Shu is totally defeated three years later.By topic
Religion
* The following Christian chronology uses traditional dates;
30 and28 are also suggested as a date for these events, and are currently considered the likely dates.
**Triumphal Entry of Jesus intoJerusalem — Sunday,March 29 (Palm Sunday )
**Last Supper — Thursday,April 2 (Holy Thursday )
**Judas Iscariot , disciple of Jesus, reportedly commitssuicide hours before the death of his teacher.
**Crucifixion ofJesus — Friday,April 3 (Good Friday )
**Resurrection of Jesus — Sunday,April 5 (Easter )
** Ascension of Jesus — Thursday,May 14 (Ascension Day )
** The Coming of theHoly Spirit — Sunday,May 24 (Pentecost )
* Traditionally,Christianity is founded on this date, since the "preparation period" for the Church Age is complete. The Eastern Orthodox and the Roman Catholic denominations also claim founding on this date. Details of the beginning of theChristian Church are found in the Biblical book ofActs of the Apostles .
*Saint Peter becomesPope (according to Roman Catholic tradition) (see32 )Births
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Gaius Rubellius Plautus , son of Gaius Rubellius Blandus and JuliaDeaths
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Gaius Asinius Gallus , widower ofVipsania Agrippina and potential lover ofAgrippina the elder (starvation )
*Agrippina the Elder , wife ofGermanicus (suicide bystarvation )
*Nero Caesar (not to be confused with theEmperor Nero Caesar ), son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, adoptive grandson ofTiberius (starvation )
*Drusus Caesar , son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, adoptive son of Tiberius (starvation )
*Marcus Aemilius Lepidus , senator, consul6 , father-in-law ofDrusus Caesar (natural causes)
* Gongsun Shu, Chinese warlord of Sichuan province who opposed the restoredHan Dynasty
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