- Tacitus reports that the town and port of Nauportus has been plundered by a mutinous Roman legion that was sent there to build roads and bridges.
- Augustus dies and is declared to be a god.
- Tiberius succeeds his stepfather Augustus as Emperor of the Roman Empire.
- Legions on the Rhine revolt after the death of Augustus; Germanicus and Drusus put down the revolt.
- Germanicus is appointed commander of the forces in Germany, beginning a campaign that will end in 16.
- A census indicates that there are 4,973,000 Roman Empire|Romancitizens.
- Claudia Marcella marries Sextus Appuleius.
- Sextus Appuleius and Sextus Pompeius serve as Roman consuls.
Asia
- First year of ''tianfeng'' era of the Chinese Xin Dynasty.
- Famine hits China. Some citizens turn to cannibalism.
