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Year 7 BC was a common year starting on Saturday or Sunday of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Thursday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. In the Roman world, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tiberius and Piso (or, less frequently, year 747 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 7 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
- May 7 – Emperor Ai succeeds to the throne of Han China.{{Cite book |last1=Barbieri-Low |first=Anthony J. |title=Law, State, and Society in Early Imperial China|author2-link=Robin D. S. Yates|last2=Yates |first2=Robin D.S. |publisher=BRILL |year=2015 |isbn=978-90-04-30053-8 |chapter=Recognized Rulers of the Qin and Han Dynasties and the Xin Period |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1W3sCgAAQBAJ&pg=PR19}}
- Augustus' second census of the Roman Empire reports a total of 4,233,000 citizens.{{Cite web|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Augustus/Res_Gestae/2*.html#ref39|title=LacusCurtius • Res Gestae Divi Augusti (II)|website=penelope.uchicago.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-02-22}} However, the specific criteria of the census are still not clear.{{Citation |last=Hin |first=Saskia |title=Counting Romans |date=2007-11-01 |type=SSRN Scholarly Paper |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=1426932 |access-date=2024-02-16 |publisher=Social Science Research Network |place=Rochester, NY |language=en |doi=10.2139/ssrn.1426932}}
- Rome is divided in 14 administrative regions.{{Cite web |title=The Fourteen Regions of Augustus (Platner & Ashby, 1929) |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Regiones_Quattuordecim.html |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=LacusCurtius}}
Births
- Possible birthdate of Jesus,{{cite book|last=Powell|first=Robert A.|title=Chronicle of the living Christ : the life and ministry of Jesus Christ : foundations of cosmic Christianity|year=1996|publisher=Anthroposophic Press|location=Hudson, NY|isbn=9780880104074|pages=68}} according to appearance of a very bright triple conjunction of the royal star Jupiter and Saturn in the sign of Pisces (land in the west) in May until December of that year since 854 years, with a retrogradation and stationing in November 12, 7 BC.
Deaths
- April 17 – Cheng, Chinese emperor of the Han dynasty (b. 51 BC)
- Aristobulus IV, Jewish prince of Judea (b. 31 BC)
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Greek historian (approximate date){{cite book|last=Claridge|first=Amanda|title=Rome: An Oxford Archaeological Guide|year=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780192880031|pages=[https://archive.org/details/romeoxfordarchae00aman/page/33 33]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/romeoxfordarchae00aman/page/33}}
- Geumwa of Dongbuyeo, Korean king
- Zhao Hede, Chinese consort of the Han dynasty