Centuries:	2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century
Decades:	30s BC  20s BC  10s BC - 0s BC - 0s  10s  20s
Years:	8 BC 7 BC 6 BC - 5 BC - 4 BC 3 BC 2 BC

5 BC by topic

Politics

State leaders - Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births - Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments - Disestablishments v • d • e

5 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	5 BC
Ab urbe condita	749
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-1848 – -1847
Berber calendar	946
Buddhist calendar	540
Burmese calendar	-642
Byzantine calendar	5504 – 5505
Chinese calendar	乙卯年 (2632/2692) — to — 丙辰年 (2633/2693)
Coptic calendar	-288 – -287
Ethiopian calendar	-12 – -11
Hebrew calendar	3756 – 3757
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	51 – 52
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3097 – 3098
Holocene calendar	9996
Iranian calendar	626 BP – 625 BP
Islamic calendar	645 BH – 644 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2329
Thai solar calendar	539
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Year 5 BC was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Judea

• The Birth of Jesus is traditionally placed around this time, estimated to be 29 September.^[1]

• Another date often cited by modern day astrologers is April 18, 5 BC at 4am. At this time, all the known planets were in alignment across the Eastern Horizon, a very powerful astronomical sight, and something that would have been noticed even by those who were not astrologers back then.^{citation needed}

Births

• January 13 - Emperor Guangwu of Han, ruler of China (d. 57)
• The birthdates of John the Baptist (see 8 BC) and Jesus are not generally known, but 5 BC is often assumed to be the date. The Passover feast (often around April 21) has been cited as a (possible) date for the birth of Christ, assuming that this had relevance to being a Messiah claimant, or that his birthday might have been related to Passover. (See 33.)
  • John the Baptist
  • Jesus

Deaths

References

1. ^ When was Jesus Born?