6 BC

__NOTOC__Year 6 BC was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Rome

* Caesar Augustus sent ferrets (named 'viverrae' by Plinius) to the Balearic Islands to control the rabbit plagues.
* Tiberius sent to Armenia, then retires to Rhodes.

Births

*Possible birthdate of Jesus, April 17 [cite news | first=Tom | last=Spears | title=Star of Wonder | work=Ottawa Citizen | page=A7 | date=2005-12-04 | accessdate=2006-04-02 "Michael Molnar announced 10 years ago his conclusion that the Star of Bethlehem was in fact a double eclipse of Jupiter in a rare astrological conjunction that occurred in Aries on March 20, 6 BC, and again on April 17, 6 BC. ... Mr. Molnar believes that Roman astrologers would have interpreted the double-eclipse as signifying the birth of a divine king in Judea."]

Deaths

*Consort Ban, Chinese concubine of Emperor Cheng of Han, also a female poet and scholar (born 48 BC)
*Consort Feng Yuan
*Liu Xiang, Chinese scholar who edited the "Shan Hai Jing" and compiled the "Lienü zhuan", also father of Liu Xin (born 77 BC)

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