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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: | 8 BC 7 BC 6 BC - 5 BC - 4 BC 3 BC 2 BC |
| 5 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 5 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 749 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1848 – -1847 |
| Berber calendar | 946 |
| Buddhist calendar | 540 |
| Burmese calendar | -642 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5504 – 5505 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙卯年 (2632/2692) — to —
丙辰年(2633/2693) |
| Coptic calendar | -288 – -287 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -12 – -11 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3756 – 3757 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 51 – 52 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3097 – 3098 |
| Holocene calendar | 9996 |
| Iranian calendar | 626 BP – 625 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 645 BH – 644 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2329 |
| Thai solar calendar | 539 |
Year 5 BC was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Judea
- The Birth of Jesus is traditionally placed around this time, estimated to be 29 September.1
- Another date often cited by modern day astrologers is April 18, 5 BC at 4am. At this time, all the known planets were in alignment across the Eastern Horizon, a very powerful astronomical sight, and something that would have been noticed even by those who were not astrologers back then.citation needed
Births
- January 13 — Emperor Guangwu of Han, ruler of China (d. 57)
- The birthdates of John the Baptist (see 8 BC) and Jesus are not generally known, but 5 BC is often assumed to be the date. The Passover feast (often around April 21) has been cited as a (possible) date for the birth of Christ, assuming that this had relevance to being a Messiah claimant, or that his birthday might have been related to Passover. (See 33.)
- John the Baptist (d. c. AD 30)
- Jesus
Deaths
References
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