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Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century
Decades: 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC - 0s BC - 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s
6 BC 5 BC 4 BC 3 BC 2 BC 1 BC 1 2 3 4
Events
Births
- December 25 - Jesus (died about 33) — traditional date, as assigned by Dionysius Exiguus in his anno Domini era according to most scholars. However, one scholar thinks Dionysius placed the birth of Jesus in year 1.
Deaths
- Herod the Great, according to some interpretations of Josephus. However, Josephus also mentioned an eclipse just before Herod's death, which Kepler dated to 4 BC.
See also
- Year zero for the different conventions that historians and astronomers use for "BC" years.