AD 3

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This article is about the year AD 3. For other uses, see AD 3 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC 1st century 2nd century
Decades:	10s BC 0s BC 0s 10s 20s
Years:	1 BC AD 1 AD 2 AD 3 AD 4 AD 5 AD 6

AD 3 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 3 III
Ab urbe condita	756
Assyrian calendar	4753
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−590
Berber calendar	953
Buddhist calendar	547
Burmese calendar	−635
Byzantine calendar	5511–5512
Chinese calendar	壬戌年 (Water Dog) 2700 or 2493     — to — 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 2701 or 2494
Coptic calendar	−281 – −280
Discordian calendar	1169
Ethiopian calendar	−5 – −4
Hebrew calendar	3763–3764
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	59–60
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3103–3104
Holocene calendar	10003
Iranian calendar	619 BP – 618 BP
Islamic calendar	638 BH – 637 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 3 III
Korean calendar	2336
Minguo calendar	1909 before ROC 民前1909年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1465
Seleucid era	314/315 AG
Thai solar calendar	545–546
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 (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.

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

Events

By place

Roman Empire

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

China

• 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.

Births

• Ban Biao, Chinese historian and official (d. AD 54)
• Geng Yan, Chinese general of the Han dynasty (d. AD 58)
• Tiberius Claudius Balbilus, Roman politician and astrologer (d. AD 79)

Deaths

• Bao Xuan, Chinese politician of the Han dynasty

See also

• Ab urbe condita