26 BC
Year 26 BC was either a common year starting on Tuesday or Wednesday or a leap year starting on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Taurus.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century |
| Decades: | 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC – 20s BC – 10s BC 0s BC 0s |
| Years: | 29 BC 28 BC 27 BC – 26 BC – 25 BC 24 BC 23 BC |
| Gregorian calendar | 26 BC XXV BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 728 |
| Ancient Greek era | 188th Olympiad, year 3 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4725 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −618 |
| Berber calendar | 925 |
| Buddhist calendar | 519 |
| Burmese calendar | −663 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5483–5484 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 2671 or 2611 — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 2672 or 2612 |
| Coptic calendar | −309 – −308 |
| Discordian calendar | 1141 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −33 – −32 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3735–3736 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 31–32 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3075–3076 |
| Holocene calendar | 9975 |
| Iranian calendar | 647 BP – 646 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 667 BH – 666 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 26 BC XXV BC |
| Korean calendar | 2308 |
| Minguo calendar | 1937 before ROC 民前1937年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1493 |
| Seleucid era | 286/287 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 517–518 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 101 or −280 or −1052 — to — 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 102 or −279 or −1051 |
Events
- Imperator Caesar Augustus becomes Roman Consul for the eighth time. His partner Titus Statilius Taurus becomes Consul for the second time.
- Cleopatra Selene marries Juba II of Numidia. As a wedding present Augustus makes her the queen of Mauretania in her own right.
- Tiridates II invades Parthia
- Augustus starts battle against the Cantabrians in northern Hispania
- Dioteimus Alaieus is one of the Archons of Athens
- Abgar IV Sumaqa becomes ruler of Osroene
- In India the Andhra dynasty replaces the Kanva dynasty
Deaths
- Gaius Cornelius Gallus, Roman politician and poet (b. 70 BC)
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