3 BC

Year 3 BC was a common year starting on Wednesday or Thursday (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 Tuesday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 751 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 3 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

 * In Han China, a terrible drought strucks Shandong.
 * Construction of the Pont Julien in modern southern France.

Births

 * December 24 – Servius Sulpicius Galba, Roman emperor in AD 69.

Deaths

 * Fu, Chinese grand empress of the Han Dynasty (approximate date)