47

Centuries:	1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century
Decades:	10s 20s 30s - 40s - 50s 60s 70s
Years:	44 45 46 - 47 - 48 49 50

This article is about the year 47. For other uses, see 47 (number).

For the Hitman game series, see: Agent 47.

47 by topic v • d • e
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments - Disestablishments

Year 47 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] Events

Consuls are the emperor Claudius and Lucius Vitellius.
Romans build the Traiectum fortification near the mouth of the Rhine, that will later grow to be the city of Utrecht.
Pliny the Elder sees military service in Germany.
Publius Ostorius Scapula becomes governor of Britain, in place of Aulus Plautius. The south-east of the island is now a Roman province, while certain states on the south coast are ruled as a nominally independent client kingdom by Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus, whose seat is probably at Fishbourne near Chichester. Ostorius immediately faces incursions from unconquered areas, which he puts down.
The Romans conquer the Chauci and fight against the Frisians.
Claudius revives the censorship and ludi saeculares.
Claudius organises the order of the Haruspices with 60 members.
Musselburgh is founded in Britain.