3
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This page is about the year 3 AD. For the actual number, see three.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
| Decades: | 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC – 0s – 10s 20s 30s |
| Years: | 1 BC 1 AD 2 AD – 3 AD – 4 AD 5 AD 6 AD |
| Gregorian calendar | 3 III |
| Ab urbe condita | 756 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 4753 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1841–-1840 |
| Bengali calendar | -590 |
| Berber calendar | 953 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 547 |
| Burmese calendar | -635 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5511–5512 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬戌年 (2639/2699) — to —
癸亥年(2640/2700) |
| Coptic calendar | -281–-280 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -5–-4 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3763–3764 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 59–60 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3104–3105 |
| Holocene calendar | 10003 |
| Iranian calendar | 619 BP – 618 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 638 BH – 637 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2336 |
| Minguo calendar | 1909 before ROC 民前1909年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 546 |
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The Simple English Wiktionary has a definition for: three. |
The year 3 (III) was a common year which started on a Monday.[1] according to the Julian calendar. According to the Gregorian calendar, it started on a Wednesday.[2] At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lamia and Servilius. The year is called 3 since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the usual method in Europe for naming years. It was the 3rd year of the 1st century.
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[change] Events
[change] By place
[change] Roman Empire
- The rule of Augustus is renewed for a ten-year period.
- Augustus adopts his grandson, Gaius Caesar, with the expectation that he will succeed him. Gaius is made proconsul and is sent on a special mission to the East.
- Lucius Aelius Lamia is consul of Rome
- Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus is consul of Rome
[change] Europe
- Menneas becomes Archon of Athens
- Five German tribes are unified by Marbod, King of the Marcomanni. The unification of the five tribes represents a direct threat to Rome in the area that will become Silesia and Saxony.
[change] China
- Wang Mang foils a plot by his son,Wang Yu, his brother-in-law, Lu Kuan, and the Wei clan to remove him from the regent's position. Wang Yu and Lu Kuan are killed in the purge that follows.
[change] Births
- Ban Biao, Chinese historian (d. 54)
- Paul of Tarsus (d. 67)
[change] References
- ↑ "CalendarHome.com - 3". calendarhome.com. 2011 [last update]. http://www.calendarhome.com/cgi-bin/tycyear.pl?year=3&change=1&suppresshol=. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
- ↑ "year 3 - Wolfram|Alpha". wolframalpha.com. 2011 [last update]. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=year+3. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
