7 BC

7 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	7 BC VII BC
Ab urbe condita	747
Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer)	193rd Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4744
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−600 – −599
Berber calendar	944
Buddhist calendar	538
Burmese calendar	−644
Byzantine calendar	5502–5503
Chinese calendar	癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2691 or 2484     — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2692 or 2485
Coptic calendar	−290 – −289
Discordian calendar	1160
Ethiopian calendar	−14 – −13
Hebrew calendar	3754–3755
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	50–51
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3094–3095
Holocene calendar	9994
Iranian calendar	628 BP – 627 BP
Islamic calendar	647 BH – 646 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	7 BC VII BC
Korean calendar	2327
Minguo calendar	1918 before ROC 民前1918年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1474
Seleucid era	305/306 AG
Thai solar calendar	536–537
Tibetan calendar	阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 120 or −261 or −1033     — to — 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 121 or −260 or −1032

Year 7 BC was a common year starting on Saturday or Sunday of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Thursday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. In the Roman world, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tiberius and Piso (or, less frequently, year 747 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 7 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.

Events

• May 7 – Emperor Ai succeeds to the throne of Han China.^[1]
• Augustus' second census of the Roman Empire reports a total of 4,233,000 citizens.^[2] However, the specific criteria of the census are still not clear.^[3]
• Rome is divided in 14 administrative regions.^[4]

Births

• Possible birthdate of Jesus,^[5] according to appearance of a very bright triple conjunction of the royal star Jupiter and Saturn in the sign of Pisces (land in the west) in May until December of that year since 854 years, with a retrogradation and stationing in November 12, 7 BC.

Deaths

• April 17 – Cheng, Chinese emperor of the Han dynasty (b. 51 BC)
• Aristobulus IV, Jewish prince of Judea (b. 31 BC)
• Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Greek historian (approximate date)^[6]
• Geumwa of Dongbuyeo, Korean king
• Zhao Hede, Chinese consort of the Han dynasty

References

1. Barbieri-Low, Anthony J.; Yates, Robin D.S. (2015). "Recognized Rulers of the Qin and Han Dynasties and the Xin Period". Law, State, and Society in Early Imperial China. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-30053-8.
2. "LacusCurtius • Res Gestae Divi Augusti (II)". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
3. Hin, Saskia (November 1, 2007), Counting Romans (SSRN Scholarly Paper), Rochester, NY: Social Science Research Network, doi:10.2139/ssrn.1426932, retrieved February 16, 2024
4. "The Fourteen Regions of Augustus (Platner & Ashby, 1929)". LacusCurtius. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
5. Powell, Robert A. (1996). Chronicle of the living Christ : the life and ministry of Jesus Christ : foundations of cosmic Christianity. Hudson, NY: Anthroposophic Press. p. 68. ISBN 9780880104074.
6. Claridge, Amanda (1998). Rome: An Oxford Archaeological Guide. Oxford University Press. pp. 33. ISBN 9780192880031.