# AD 87

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Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 1st century BC 1st century 2nd century Decades 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s Years 84 85 86 AD 87 88 89 90 v t e

AD 87 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Categories Deaths v t e

AD 87 in various calendars Gregorian calendar AD 87 LXXXVII Ab urbe condita 840 Assyrian calendar 4837 Balinese saka calendar 8–9 Bengali calendar −507 – −506 Berber calendar 1037 Buddhist calendar 631 Burmese calendar −551 Byzantine calendar 5595–5596 Chinese calendar 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 2784 or 2577 — to — 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 2785 or 2578 Coptic calendar −197 – −196 Discordian calendar 1253 Ethiopian calendar 79–80 Hebrew calendar 3847–3848 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 143–144 - Shaka Samvat 8–9 - Kali Yuga 3187–3188 Holocene calendar 10087 Iranian calendar 535 BP – 534 BP Islamic calendar 551 BH – 550 BH Javanese calendar N/A Julian calendar AD 87 LXXXVII Korean calendar 2420 Minguo calendar 1825 before ROC 民前1825年 Nanakshahi calendar −1381 Seleucid era 398/399 AG Thai solar calendar 629–630 Tibetan calendar མེ་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Fire-Dog) 213 or −168 or −940 — to — མེ་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་ (female Fire-Boar) 214 or −167 or −939

**AD 87** (**[LXXXVII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Monday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Monday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). At the time, it was known as the **Year of the [Consulship](/source/Roman_consul) of [Augustus](/source/Domitian) and [Saturninus](/source/Lucius_Volusius_Saturninus_(consul_87))** (or, less frequently, **year 840 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination AD 87 for this year has been used since the early [medieval period](/source/Medieval_period), when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

### By place

#### Roman Empire

- The Roman Julius Maternus [explores western Africa](/source/Romans_in_Sub-Saharan_Africa) (approximate date).

- [Lyon](/source/Lyon), a city in [Gaul](/source/Gaul), has a population of over 100,000 citizens (approximate date).

- [Sextus Julius Sparsus](/source/Sextus_Julius_Sparsus) gains power in the [Roman Senate](/source/Roman_Senate) (approximate date).

#### Europe

- [Decebalus](/source/Decebalus) becomes [king](/source/King) of [Dacia](/source/Dacia).[1]

## Births

- [Pothinus](/source/Saint_Pothinus), bishop of [Lyon](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Lyon) (approximate date)

- [Rupilia Faustina](/source/Rupilia_Faustina), Roman noblewoman (approximate date)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Shen, Raphael (1997). [*The Restructuring of Romania's Economy: A Paradigm of Flexibility and Adaptability*](https://books.google.com/books?id=lowV7dxTKygC&pg=PA2). Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 2. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780275956943](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780275956943).

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