| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
| Decades: | 40s 50s 60s – 70s – 80s 90s 100s |
| Years: | 69 70 71 – 72 – 73 74 75 |
| 72 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 72 LXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 825 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1772 – -1771 |
| Bengali calendar | -521 |
| Berber calendar | 1022 |
| Buddhist calendar | 616 |
| Burmese calendar | -566 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5580 – 5581 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛未年十一月廿二日 (2708/2768-11-22) — to —
壬申年十二月初三日(2709/2769-12-3) |
| Coptic calendar | -212 – -211 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 64 – 65 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3832 – 3833 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 128 – 129 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3173 – 3174 |
| Holocene calendar | 10072 |
| Iranian calendar | 550 BP – 549 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 567 BH – 566 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2405 |
| Thai solar calendar | 615 |
Year 72 (LXXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.