6 BC
Year 6 BC was a common year starting on Sunday or Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Friday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Balbus and Vetus (or, less frequently, year 748 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 6 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Gregorian calendar | 6 BC V BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 748 |
| Ancient Greek era | 193rd Olympiad, year 3 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4745 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −598 |
| Berber calendar | 945 |
| Buddhist calendar | 539 |
| Burmese calendar | −643 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5503–5504 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2691 or 2631 — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2692 or 2632 |
| Coptic calendar | −289 – −288 |
| Discordian calendar | 1161 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −13 – −12 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3755–3756 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 51–52 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3095–3096 |
| Holocene calendar | 9995 |
| Iranian calendar | 627 BP – 626 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 646 BH – 645 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 6 BC V BC |
| Korean calendar | 2328 |
| Minguo calendar | 1917 before ROC 民前1917年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1473 |
| Seleucid era | 306/307 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 537–538 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 121 or −260 or −1032 — to — 阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 122 or −259 or −1031 |
Events
Roman Empire
- Tiberius Claudius Nero is sent to Armenia, then retires to Rhodes.
- Emperor Augustus sends ferrets (named viverrae by Plinius) to the Balearic Islands to control the rabbit plagues.
Deaths
- Lady Ban (or Ban Jieyu), Chinese concubine and poet (b. 48 BC)
- Cleopatra Selene II, Ptolemaic princess of Egypt (approximate date)
- Feng Yuan (or Zhaoyi), Chinese concubine of the Han Dynasty
- Liu Xiang, Chinese scholar, editor of Shan Hai Jing and compiler of Lienü zhuan, father of Liu Xin (b. 77 BC)
- Soseono, Korean queen of Goguryeo (b. 67 BC)
References
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- Spears, Tom (December 4, 2005). "Star of Wonder". Ottawa Citizen. p. A7. "Michael Molnar announced 10 years ago his conclusion that the Star of Bethlehem was in fact a double eclipse of Jupiter in a rare astrological conjunction that occurred in Aries on March 20, 6 BC, and again on April 17, 6 BC. ... Mr. Molnar believes that Roman astrologers would have interpreted the double-eclipse as signifying the birth of a divine king in Judea." However, astronomical software such as Stellarium shows that on March 20, the occultation of Jupiter by the Moon could not be seen from Rome, as the Moon passed by the planet without obscuring it. Furthermore, the event on April 17 began when Jupiter was 38 degrees above the horizon, at 2pm, i.e. in daylight, so it is extremely unlikely that this event would have been seen either.
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