59 BC
Centuries: | 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century |
Decades: | 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC - 50s BC - 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC |
Years: | 62 BC 61 BC 60 BC - 59 BC - 58 BC 57 BC 56 BC |
59 BC by topic | |
Politics | |
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Establishments - |
Gregorian calendar | 59 BC |
Ab urbe condita | 695 |
Armenian calendar | N/A |
Bahá'í calendar | -1902 – -1901 |
Buddhist calendar | 486 |
Chinese calendar | 2578/2638 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2579/2639([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
Coptic calendar | -342 – -341 |
Ethiopian calendar | -66 – -65 |
Hebrew calendar | – |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | -3 – -2 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 3043 – 3044 |
Holocene calendar | 9942 |
Iranian calendar | 680 BP – 679 BP |
Islamic calendar | 701 BH – 700 BH |
Japanese calendar | |
- Imperial Year | 602 (皇紀602年) |
Julian calendar | -13 |
Korean calendar | 2275 |
Thai solar calendar | 485 |
Events
By place
Rome
- Consuls: Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus (known as "the consulship of Julius and Caesar" due to Caesar's infamous suppression of his colleague)
- The First Triumvirate: Caesar, Pompey and Crassus form an unofficial alliance (or 60 BC)
- Caesar marries Calpurnia, in Rome
- The colonia of Florentia, modern Florence, founded
Births
- Livy, Roman historian
- Pharaoh Ptolemy XIV of Egypt (or 60 BC)
Deaths
- Prince He of Changyi, former Emperor of the Han Dynasty of China
- Gaius Octavius, father of Caesar Augustus