15 Facts for Kids

This page is about the year 15 AD. For the actual number, see fifteen.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	10s BC 0s BC 0s – 10s – 20s 30s 40s
Years:	12 13 14 – 15 – 16 17 18

AD 15 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	AD 15 XV
Ab urbe condita	768
Assyrian calendar	4765
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−578
Berber calendar	965
Buddhist calendar	559
Burmese calendar	−623
Byzantine calendar	5523–5524
Chinese calendar	甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 2711 or 2651 — to — 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 2712 or 2652
Coptic calendar	−269 – −268
Discordian calendar	1181
Ethiopian calendar	7–8
Hebrew calendar	3775–3776
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	71–72
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3115–3116
Holocene calendar	10015
Iranian calendar	607 BP – 606 BP
Islamic calendar	626 BH – 625 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 15 XV
Korean calendar	2348
Minguo calendar	1897 before ROC 民前1897年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1453
Seleucid era	326/327 AG
Thai solar calendar	557–558
Tibetan calendar	阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) 141 or −240 or −1012 — to — 阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) 142 or −239 or −1011

15 is a year in the 1st century. It was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Flaccus.

Events

Valerius Gratus is appointed Prefect of Iudaea.
The town of Emona is founded. It is now called Ljubljana.
Legio XXI Rapax is stationed in Regensburg.
Germanicus fought a drawn battle with Arminius in the Teutoburg Forest
In Rome, the selection of civil servants passes from the people to the Emperor and the Senate.
Biography of Augustus by Nicholas of Damascus published.