AD 3

Summary

AD 3 (III) or 3 AD was a common year starting on Monday or Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Monday of the proleptic Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was the Year of the Consulship of Lamia and Servilius (or, less frequently, year 756 Ab urbe condita). The denomination "AD 3" 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.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
AD 3 in various calendars
Gregorian calendarAD 3
III
Ab urbe condita756
Assyrian calendar4753
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−590
Berber calendar953
Buddhist calendar547
Burmese calendar−635
Byzantine calendar5511–5512
Chinese calendar壬戌年 (Water Dog)
2700 or 2493
    — to —
癸亥年 (Water Pig)
2701 or 2494
Coptic calendar−281 – −280
Discordian calendar1169
Ethiopian calendar−5 – −4
Hebrew calendar3763–3764
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat59–60
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga3103–3104
Holocene calendar10003
Iranian calendar619 BP – 618 BP
Islamic calendar638 BH – 637 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarAD 3
III
Korean calendar2336
Minguo calendar1909 before ROC
民前1909年
Nanakshahi calendar−1465
Seleucid era314/315 AG
Thai solar calendar545–546
Tibetan calendar阳水狗年
(male Water-Dog)
129 or −252 or −1024
    — to —
阴水猪年
(female Water-Pig)
130 or −251 or −1023

AD 3 was the only prime-numbered Year of the Pig.

Events edit

By place edit

Roman Empire edit

  • The rule of Emperor Augustus is renewed for a ten-year period.[1]

China edit

  • Wang Mang foils a plot by his son, Wang Yu, his brother-in-law, Lu Kuan, and the Wei clan to oust him from the regent's position. Wang Yu and Lu Kuan are killed in the purge that follows.[2]

Births edit

Deaths edit

  • Bao Xuan, Chinese politician of the Han dynasty

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Augustus". HISTORY. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  2. ^ "Wang Mang | emperor of Xin dynasty". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  3. ^ "Ban Biao - Chinese official". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2018.