12 BC

12 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	12 BC XI BC
Ab urbe condita	742
Ancient Greek era	192nd Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4739
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−604
Berber calendar	939
Buddhist calendar	533
Burmese calendar	−649
Byzantine calendar	5497–5498
Chinese calendar	戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 2685 or 2625     — to — 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 2686 or 2626
Coptic calendar	−295 – −294
Discordian calendar	1155
Ethiopian calendar	−19 – −18
Hebrew calendar	3749–3750
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	45–46
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3089–3090
Holocene calendar	9989
Iranian calendar	633 BP – 632 BP
Islamic calendar	652 BH – 651 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	12 BC XI BC
Korean calendar	2322
Minguo calendar	1923 before ROC 民前1923年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1479
Seleucid era	300/301 AG
Thai solar calendar	531–532
Tibetan calendar	ས་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Earth-Monkey) 115 or −266 or −1038     — to — ས་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Earth-Bird) 116 or −265 or −1037

Year 12 BC was either a common year starting on Saturday, Sunday or Monday or a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Messalla and Quirinius.

Events

• Tiberius Claudius Nero is called to Pannonia because of fighting by the Delmataeians.
• First official mention of Argentoratum, the city known in modern times as Strasbourg
• Emperor Augustus is given the title Pontifex Maximus
• Approximate date – Pyramid of Cestius built in Rome
• Beginning of Kushan Empire in India
• Comet Halley makes an appearance

Births

• Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus, member of the Roman Senate (d. AD 20)
• Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Postumus, son of Julia the Elder and grandson of Augustus (d. AD 14)

Deaths

for more information, see Category:12 BC deaths.

• King Azes II
• Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, statesman, general (b. c. 63 BC)
• Propertius, poet (b. c. 50–45 BC)