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Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century
Decades: 10s BC  0s BC  0s  - 10s -  20s  30s  40s
Years: 12     13    14  - 15 -  16  17  18
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15 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 15
XV
Ab urbe condita 768
Armenian calendar N/A
Bahá'í calendar -1829 – -1828
Buddhist calendar 559
Chinese calendar 2651/2711-12-22
(甲戌年十二月廿二日)
— to —
2652/2712-1-2
(乙亥年正月初二日)
Coptic calendar -269 – -268
Ethiopian calendar 7 – 8
Hebrew calendar 3775 – 3776
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 70 – 71
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 3116 – 3117
Holocene calendar 10015
Iranian calendar 607 BP – 606 BP
Islamic calendar 626 BH – 625 BH
Japanese calendar
 - Imperial Year Kōki 675
(皇紀675年)
 - Jōmon Era 10015
Julian calendar 60
Korean calendar 2348
Thai solar calendar 558
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These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 1st century BC started on January 1, 100 BC and ended on December 31, 1 BC. An alternative name for this century is the last century BC. The AD/BC notation does not use a year zero. ... The 1st century was that century which lasted from 1 to 100 according the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2nd century is the period from 101 - 200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC - 10s BC - 0s BC 0s 10s 20s 30s Years: 19 BC 18 BC 17 BC 16 BC 15 BC 14 BC 13 BC 12 BC 11 BC 10 BC Events... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC - 0s BC - 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s Years: 9 BC 8 BC 7 BC 6 BC 5 BC 4 BC 3 BC 2 BC 1 BC Because of the nonexistence... 1 - lions became extinct in Western Europe (see European lion). ... Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century Decades: 30s BC - 20s BC - 10s BC - 0s BC - 0s - 10s - 20s - 30s - 40s - 50s - 60s Years: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Sometimes the 10s is used as shorthand for the 1910s, the 1810s, or other such... Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century Decades: 20s BC - 10s BC - 0s BC - 0s - 10s - 20s - 30s - 40s - 50s - 60s - 70s Years: 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Sometimes the 20s is used as shorthand for the 1920s, the 1820s, or other such decades... Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century Decades: 20s BC - 10s BC - 0s - 10s - 20s - 30s - 40s - 50s - 60s - 70s - 80s 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Sometimes the 30s is used as shorthand for the 1930s, the 1830s, or other such decades in various... Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century Decades: 10s BC - 0s - 10s - 20s - 30s - 40s - 50s - 60s - 70s - 80s - 90s 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Sometimes the 40s is used as shorthand for the 1940s, the 1840s, or other such decades in various centuries... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... This article is about the year 12. ... For other uses, see 13 (disambiguation). ... Events First year of tianfeng era of the Chinese Xin Dynasty. ... Events A Roman army of 90,000 men commanded by Germanicus gains a victory at Idistaviso, defeating the German war chief Arminius and capturing his wife Thusnelda, and recovering the lost eagles of Varus legions. ... For other uses, see number 17. ... ˑ This article is about the year 18. ... 15 may refer to: the number 15 15, a 2003 Singaporean film Fifteen, a punk band 15, album by rock band Buckcherry. ... 15 (fifteen) is the natural number following 14 and preceding 16. ... AD 14 state leaders - Events of AD 15 - AD 16 state leaders - State leaders by year // Africa Kush - Natakamani, King of Kush (c. ... The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. ... Ab urbe condita (related with Anno urbis conditae: AUC or a. ... Dates are marked by the letters ԹՎ or the like, often with a line over, indicating tvin (in the year) followed by one to four letters, each of which stands for a number based on its order in the alphabet. ... The Baháí calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Baháí Faith, is a solar calendar with regular years of 365 days, and leap years of 366 days. ... The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar (formerly Burma) in several related forms. ... The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, akin to the Hebrew calendar & Hindu Calendar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. ... The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: ; pinyin: gānzhī) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干; tiāngān) and the twelve Earthly Branches (地支; dìzhī). These have been traditionally used as a means of numbering the years, not only in... The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: ; pinyin: gānzhī) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干; tiāngān) and the twelve Earthly Branches (地支; dìzhī). These have been traditionally used as a means of numbering the years, not only in... The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church. ... The Ethiopian calendar (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር yeĪtyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) or Ethiopic calendar is the principal calendar used in Ethiopia, as well as in Eritrea before it became independent. ... The Hebrew calendar (Hebrew: ‎) or Jewish calendar is the annual calendar used in Judaism. ... A page from the Hindu calendar 1871-72. ... There is disagreement as to the meaning of the Indian word Samvat. ... The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. ... Kali Yuga is also the title of a book by Roland Charles Wagner. ... The Holocene calendar, Human Era count or Jōmon Era count (Japan) uses a dating system similar to astronomical year numbering but adds 10,000, placing a year 0 at the start of the Jōmon Era (JE), the Human Era (HE, the beginning of human civilization) and the aproximate... The Iranian calendar (Persian: ‎) also known as Persian calendar or the Jalāli Calendar is a solar calendar currently used in Iran and Afghanistan. ... The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar (Arabic: التقويم الهجري; at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: گاه‌شماری هجري قمری ‎ Gāhshomāri-ye hejri-ye qamari; also called the Hijri calendar) is the calendar used to date events in many predominantly Muslim countries, and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to... Koinobori, flags decorated like koi, are popular decorations around Childrens Day This mural on the wall of a Tokyo subway station celebrates Hazuki, the eighth month. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Japanese era name. ... Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. ... The Julian calendar was introduced in 46 BC by Julius Caesar and came into force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). ... The traditional Korean calendar is directly derived from the Asian calendar. ... The Thai solar, or Suriyakati (สุริยคติ), calendar is used in traditional and official contexts in Thailand, although the Western calendar is sometimes used in business. ...

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Valerius Gratus was Roman Prefect or procurator of Judea under Tiberius, 15 - 26 A.D. He succeeded Annius Rufus and was replaced by Pontius Pilate. ... A prefect (from the Latin praefectus, perfect participle of praeficere: make in front, i. ... Desert hills in southern Judea, looking east from the town of Arad Judea or Judaea (יהודה Praise, Standard Hebrew Yəhuda, Tiberian Hebrew Yəhûḏāh) is a term used for the mountainous southern part of historic Palestine, an area now divided... For the village of the same name in Bulgaria, see Emona (Burgas). ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Legio XV Apollinaris (devoted to Apollo) was a Roman legion. ... Legio XXI Rapax, the predator, was a Roman legion levied in 31 BC by Augustus, probably from men previously enlisted in other legions. ... Regensburg (also Ratisbon, Latin Ratisbona) is a city (population 151. ... Germanicus Julius Caesar (24 May 15 BC–October 10, 19 AD) was a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty of the early Roman Empire. ... The Hermannsdenkmal Arminius (also Hermann, Armin, 16 BC–AD 21) was a war chief of the Germanic tribe of the Cherusci who defeated a Roman army in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. ... View over the Teutoburg Forest The Teutoburg Forest (German: Teutoburger Wald) is a range of low, forested mountains in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, which was believed to be the environ of a decisive battle in AD 9. ... Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area  - City 1,285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban 5... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Roman Senate (Latin: Senatus) was the main governing council of both the Roman Republic, which started in 509 BC, and the Roman Empire. ...

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Arts and Sciences

For other uses, see Augustus (disambiguation). ... Nicolaus of Damascus (Greek , Nikolāos Damaskēnos) was a Greek historical and philosophical writer who lived in the Augustan age. ...

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The first flight with the XLR-99 was on 15 November 1960.
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The most common cause of celebration is 15 years of marriage, but almost any event can be celebrated in this way, from the reign of a queen, to 15 successful years of trading by a pickle factory.
But once we reach 15 years there is a gap and the next recognised anniversary is China at 20 years.
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