What is 50?
{{dablink|This page is about the year 50. For the actual number, see [[fifty]].}} {{year nav|50}} {{Year in other calendars}} '''50''' ([[Roman numerals]]: '''L''') is a [[common year]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It started on a [[Saturday]]. It was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was not in use at the time of the common year starting on Saturday and ending on Saturday. It is one of only seven years to use just one Roman numeral. The seven are [[1|1 AD]] (I), [[5|5 AD]] (V), [[10|10 AD]] (X), '''50 AD''' (L), [[100|100 AD]] (C), [[500|500 AD]] (D), and [[1000|1000 AD]] (M). == Events == * The Romans create a city called [[London|Londinium]] on the [[River Thames]] == Deaths == * [[Abgarus of Edessa]], king of [[Osroene]] * [[Aulus Cornelius Celsus]], writer of ''De Medicina'' * [[Gamliel I]], the [[nasi]] of the Jewish people in [[Babylonia]] [[Category:50]]