6 BC

Year 6 BC was a common year starting on Sunday or Monday 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.

6 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	6 BC VI BC
Ab urbe condita	748
Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer)	193rd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4745
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−599 – −598
Berber calendar	945
Buddhist calendar	539
Burmese calendar	−643
Byzantine calendar	5503–5504
Chinese calendar	甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2692 or 2485     — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2693 or 2486
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 VI 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

• Tiberius retires to Rhodes, to the annoyance of Emperor Augustus.^[1] He is recalled to Rome years later, in AD 4, becoming Augustus' adopted son and heir following the deaths of Lucius and Gaius Caesar.

Births

• Unknown – Possible birthdate of Jesus^[2]

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)