What is 47?
{{dablink|This page is about the year 47. For the actual number, see [[forty-seven]].}} {{Year nav|47}} {{Year in other calendars}} '''47''' is a [[year]] in the [[1st century]]. It was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Vitellius'''. == Events == * [[Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo]] is made commander of the [[Roman army]] in [[Germania Inferior]]. He conquers the [[Chauci]]. * [[Publius Ostorius Scapula]] becomes governor of [[Roman Britain|Britain]], in place of [[Aulus Plautius]]. * [[Musselburgh]] is founded in [[Roman Britain]] * A canal is built between the [[Rhine]] and [[Meuse (river)|Meuse]] in the [[Netherlands]] == Births == * == Deaths == * [[Vardanes I of Parthia]] [[Category:40s]]