6 BC

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

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

6 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	6 BC
Ab urbe condita	748
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-1849 – -1848
Bengali calendar	-598
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
- Bikram Samwat	51 – 52
- 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.

Events

By place

Rome

• Emperor Augustus sent ferrets (named viverrae by Plinius) to the Balearic Islands to control the rabbit plagues.
• Tiberius Claudius Nero is sent to Armenia, then retires to Rhodes.

Births

• Possible birthdate of Jesus, April 17^[1]

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)

References

1. ↑ 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." 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.