General
Population: Between 190 and 230 million*
- Births: Josephus
- Deaths: Emperor Tiberius
Europe
- Roman Empire: Tiberius dies and Caligula (Gaius Claudius Caesar) becomes new emperor
Middle East
- Judaea: Herod Agrippa becomes king of northern Palestine to 44
Jonathan becomes high priest
Marcellus becomes Judaean procurator
- Mesopotamia: Gorcyene (Corduene) region of Kurdistan lost to Roman Empire and ceded to Persia to 47