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The year 3 (III) was a common year which started on a Monday.[1] according to the Julian calendar. According to the Gregorian calendar, it started on a Wednesday.[2] At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lamia and Servilius. The year is called 3 since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the usual method in Europe for naming years. It was the 3rd year of the 1st century.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 1st century BC1st century2nd century
Decades: 20s BC  10s BC  0s BC  – 0s –  10s  20s  30s
Years: BC AD 1 AD 2AD 3AD 4 AD 5 AD 6
AD 3 in other calendars
Gregorian calendarAD 3
III
Ab urbe condita756
Assyrian calendar4753
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−590
Berber calendar953
Buddhist calendar547
Burmese calendar−635
Byzantine calendar5511–5512
Chinese calendar壬戌(Water Dog)
2699 or 2639
    — to —
癸亥年 (Water Pig)
2700 or 2640
Coptic calendar−281 – −280
Discordian calendar1169
Ethiopian calendar−5 – −4
Hebrew calendar3763–3764
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat59–60
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga3103–3104
Holocene calendar10003
Iranian calendar619 BP – 618 BP
Islamic calendar638 BH – 637 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarAD 3
III
Korean calendar2336
Minguo calendar1909 before ROC
民前1909年
Nanakshahi calendar−1465
Seleucid era314/315 AG
Thai solar calendar545–546
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

Events change

Roman Empire change

Europe change

  • Menneas becomes Archon of Athens
  • Five German tribes are unified by Marbod, King of the Marcomanni. The unification of the five tribes represents a direct threat to Rome in the area that will become Silesia and Saxony.

China change

  • Wang Mang foils a plot by his son,Wang Yu, his brother-in-law, Lu Kuan, and the Wei clan to remove him from the regent's position. Wang Yu and Lu Kuan are killed in the purge that follows.

Births change

 
A painting of Paul of Tarsus by Rembrandt.

References change

  1. "CalendarHome.com - 3". calendarhome.com. 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
  2. "year 3 - Wolfram|Alpha". wolframalpha.com. 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2011.