26 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century
Decades:	40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC
Years:	29 BC 28 BC 27 BC 26 BC 25 BC 24 BC 23 BC

26 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	26 BC XXVI 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) 2672 or 2465     — to — 乙未年 (Wood  Goat) 2673 or 2466
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 XXVI 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

Year 26 BC was either a common year starting on Tuesday or Wednesday or a leap year starting on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday (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 Monday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Taurus (or, less frequently, year 728 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 26 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

Roman Empire

• Imperator Caesar Augustus becomes Roman Consul for the eighth time. His partner Titus Statilius Taurus becomes Consul for the second time and refounds the old Contestanian Iberian capital of Ilici (Elche), known since then as "Colonia Iulia Ilici Augusta".
• Cleopatra Selene marries Juba II of Numidia, and as a wedding present Augustus makes her the queen of Mauretania in her own right.
• Disastrous campaign of Aelius Gallus in the Arabian Peninsula, then known as "Arabia Felix".
• Tiridates II invades Parthia and issues coins dated from March and May, 26 BC.
• Gavius Silo, orator, is heard by Caesar Augustus - mentioned by Seneca.
• Augustus starts a campaign against the Cantabrians in northern Hispania. He leads an army (8 legions) and consolidates the north-eastern region.

Greece

• Dioteimus Alaieus is one of the Archons of Athens.

Osroene

• Abgar III of Osroene is succeeded by Abgar IV Sumaqa.

Asia

• The Andhra dynasty replaces the Kanva dynasty, and rules over the eastern part of India.

By topic

Astronomy

• August 29 – Christian Cross Asterism (astronomy) at Zenith of Lima, Peru.

Deaths

• Gaius Cornelius Gallus, Roman politician and poet (b. 70 BC)

• Marcus Valerius Messalla Rufus, Roman politician