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Events
 Roman Empire 
 January 24 – Roman Emperor Gaius Caesar (Caligula) is assassinated by his unhappy Praetorian Guards.
 January 25 Claudius is made Roman Emperor by the Senate.
 Claudius makes Agrippa king of Judea.
 Seneca the Younger is banished to Corsica on a charge of adultery with Julia Livilla
 Claudius restores religious freedom to the Jews throughout the empire.
 An attack across the Rhine by the Germans is stopped by the Romans.

 Asia 
 Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty deposes his wife, Guo Shentong.  He places his consort Yin Lihua empress in her place.

 Births 
 February 12 – Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, son of Claudius and Messalina

Deaths
 Julia Drusilla, daughter of Caligula
 Julia Livilla, daughter of Germanicus
 Milonia Caesonia, wife of Caligula

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