40 BC

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Millennium: 1st millennium BC
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40 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 40 BC
XL BC
Ab urbe condita 714
Ancient Egypt era XXXIII dynasty, 284
- Pharaoh Cleopatra VII, 12
Ancient Greek era 185th Olympiad (victor
Assyrian calendar 4711
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −632
Berber calendar 911
Buddhist calendar 505
Burmese calendar −677
Byzantine calendar 5469–5470
Chinese calendar 庚辰年 (Metal  Dragon)
2658 or 2451
     to 
辛巳年 (Metal  Snake)
2659 or 2452
Coptic calendar −323 – −322
Discordian calendar 1127
Ethiopian calendar −47 – −46
Hebrew calendar 3721–3722
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 17–18
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 3061–3062
Holocene calendar 9961
Iranian calendar 661 BP – 660 BP
Islamic calendar 681 BH – 680 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar 40 BC
XL BC
Korean calendar 2294
Minguo calendar 1951 before ROC
民前1951年
Nanakshahi calendar −1507
Seleucid era 272/273 AG
Thai solar calendar 503–504
Tibetan calendar 阳金龙年
(male Iron-Dragon)
87 or −294 or −1066
     to 
阴金蛇年
(female Iron-Snake)
88 or −293 or −1065

Year 40 BC was either a common year starting on Thursday, Friday or Saturday or a leap year starting on Thursday or Friday of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Friday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Calvinus and Pollio (or, less frequently, year 714 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 40 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.

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Igodomigodo Kingdom

  • Ogiso Igodo dissolves the Ik’edionwere Council (western Africa). establishes the Royal Council with members of the disbanded Ik’edionwere Council and the Odibo-Ogiso group. He names his combined territories, Igodomigodo with its capital at Ugbekun. [1]

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References

  1. "IGODOMIGODO: Meaning and Story Behind Igodomigodo". August 26, 2019.