AD 42

Events

By places

Roman Empire

• Romans take control of Ceuta, a port city on the North African side of the Strait of Gibraltar.
• The territories of the current Algeria and Morocco become a Roman province.
• The Dalmatian legate, Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus, revolts but his troops defect and his rebellion quickly withers.
• Claudius begins construction of Portus, a harbour bearing a lighthouse on the right bank of the Tiber.

  Korea

• Suro becomes the first king of Geumgwan Gaya in the Korean Peninsula.

  China

• The Chinese General Ma Yuan represses the rebellions of the Trưng Sisters in Tonkin.

  By topic

Religion

• 25 January - Conversion of the Apostle Paul to Christianity. The exact date is not provided in texts, but the Roman Catholic Church chooses to commemorate this date.
• Traditional date of foundation of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria by the apostle Mark the Evangelist.

  Births

• Herennius Philo, Greek grammarian and writer
• Sixtus I, pope of the Catholic Church

  Deaths

• Arria, Roman noblewoman
• Aulus Caecina Paetus, Roman politician
• Gaius Appius Junius Silanus, Roman consul
• Lucius Annius Vinicianus, Roman politician
• Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus, Roman politician