3 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century |
| Decades: | 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC – 0s BC – 0s 10s 20s |
| Years: | 6 BC 5 BC 4 BC – 3 BC – 2 BC 1 BC 1 AD |
| 3 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 3 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 751 |
| Ancient Greek era | 194th Olympiad, year 2 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4748 |
| Bengali calendar | −595 |
| Berber calendar | 948 |
| Buddhist calendar | 542 |
| Burmese calendar | −640 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5506–5507 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 2694 or 2634 — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 2695 or 2635 |
| Coptic calendar | −286 – −285 |
| Discordian calendar | 1164 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −10 – −9 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3758–3759 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 54–55 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3099–3100 |
| Holocene calendar | 9998 |
| Iranian calendar | 624 BP – 623 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 643 BH – 642 BH |
| Julian calendar | 3 BC |
| Korean calendar | 2331 |
| Minguo calendar | 1914 before ROC 民前1914年 |
| Seleucid era | 309/310 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 540–541 |
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Year 3 BC was a common year starting on Wednesday or Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 751 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 3 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
By place
Jerusalem Temple (Judean Hills)
Summer [Tammuz], Gabriel (The Angel ) delivers A message from God (Luke 1:5-25) In the Days of Herod Fortelling the birth of John the Baptist to Zechariah the Priest and Elizabeth his parents.
Roman Empire
- King Maroboduus of the Marcomanni organized in the area later known as Bohemia a confederation of Germanic tribes, with the Hermunduri, Lombards, Semnoni and Vandals.
- Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus commands the Roman army in Germania and crossed the Elbe. He builds the pontes longi (latin- meaning long bridge) over the marshes between the Rhine and the Ems.
Births
- Seneca, Roman statesman (d. AD 65)
- Servius Sulpicius Galba, Roman emperor (d. AD 69)
Deaths
- Imperial consort Fu of the Chinese Han Dynasty