65

65 (LXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar in the 1st century.

• Gaius Calpurnius Piso goes against Roman emperor Nero.
• Cestius Gallus becomes legate of Syria.
• After a stage performance in which he appears and shocks the senatorial class, Nero goes against Seneca, Tigellinus, pro-republican senators, and anyone else he distrusts.
• Nero kills his pregnant wife, Poppea Sabina, with a kick to the stomach.

• The Gospel of Matthew is probably written between 60 and this year.
• Paul of Tarsus ordains Timothy as bishop of Ephesus (traditional date).
• In China, the first official reference to Buddhism is made.
• The first Christian community in Africa is founded by Mark, a disciple of Peter. Mark begins to write his gospel.
• Probable martyrdom date of the apostle Thaddeus, also called Saint Jude in Armenia.
• Probable martyrdom date of the apostle Simon the Canaanite in Armenia.

• April 30 – Lucan, Roman poet and philosopher
• Petronius, Roman writer (see 66)
• Poppea Sabina, wife of Nero
• Piso (Gaius Calpurnius Piso)
• Saint Jude, Christian martyr (in Armenia) (probably this year)
• Simon the Canaanite, Christian martyr (in Armenia) (probably this year)
• Seneca the Younger, Roman statesman, philosopher, and tutor of Nero