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

26 BC in other calendars

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)