63

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	30s  40s  50s  – 60s –  70s  80s  90s
Years:	60 61 62 – 63 – 64 65 66

63 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

63 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	63 LXIII
Ab urbe condita	816
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-1781 – -1780
Bengali calendar	-530
Berber calendar	1013
Buddhist calendar	607
Burmese calendar	-575
Byzantine calendar	5571 – 5572
Chinese calendar	壬戌年十一月十三日 (2699/2759-11-13) — to — 癸亥年十一月廿二日 (2700/2760-11-22)
Coptic calendar	-221 – -220
Ethiopian calendar	55 – 56
Hebrew calendar	3823 – 3824
Hindu calendars
- Bikram Samwat	119 – 120
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3164 – 3165
Holocene calendar	10063
Iranian calendar	559 BP – 558 BP
Islamic calendar	576 BH – 575 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2396
Thai solar calendar	606

Year 63 (LXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Vespasian becomes governor of Africa.
• Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo is restored to command after the Roman debacle at the Battle of Rhandeia; he invaded Armenia and defeated Tiridates I, who accepted Roman sovereignty; Parthia withdrew from the war.
• Pompeii the city at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, is heavily damaged by a strong earthquake. Fearing an eruption of the volcano, many of the 20,000 inhabitants leave their homes in a panicked flight.

By topic

Religion

• According to legend, Joseph of Arimathea goes to Glastonbury on the first Christian mission to Britain.

Arts and Science

• Aulus Cornelius Celsus writes a dictionary (encyclopedia) on the arts and sciences.

Births

Deaths

• Mark the Evangelist (traditional date) (see 61)
• Claudia Augusta, sole child of Nero