6 BC
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century |
| Decades: | 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC - 0s BC - 0s 10s 20s |
| Years: | 9 BC 8 BC 7 BC - 6 BC - 5 BC 4 BC 3 BC |
| 6 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 6 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 748 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1849 – -1848 |
| Berber calendar | 945 |
| Buddhist calendar | 539 |
| Burmese calendar | -643 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5503 – 5504 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲寅年 (2631/2691) — to —
乙卯年(2632/2692) |
| Coptic calendar | -289 – -288 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -13 – -12 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3755 – 3756 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 50 – 51 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3096 – 3097 |
| Holocene calendar | 9995 |
| Iranian calendar | 627 BP – 626 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 646 BH – 645 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2328 |
| Thai solar calendar | 538 |
Year 6 BC was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Rome
- Caesar Augustus sent ferrets (named 'viverrae' by Plinius) to the Balearic Islands to control the rabbit plagues.
- Tiberius sent to Armenia, then retires to Rhodes.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Consort Ban, Chinese concubine of Emperor Cheng of Han, also a female poet and scholar (born 48 BC)
- Consort Feng Yuan (b. c. 48 BC)
- Liu Xiang, Chinese scholar who edited the Shan Hai Jing and compiled the Lienü zhuan, also father of Liu Xin (born 77 BC)
[edit] References
- ^ Spears, Tom (2005-12-04). "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."
