4 BC

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

4 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	4 BC III BC
Ab urbe condita	750
Ancient Greek era	194th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4747
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−596
Berber calendar	947
Buddhist calendar	541
Burmese calendar	−641
Byzantine calendar	5505–5506
Chinese calendar	丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 2693 or 2633     — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 2694 or 2634
Coptic calendar	−287 – −286
Discordian calendar	1163
Ethiopian calendar	−11 – −10
Hebrew calendar	3757–3758
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	53–54
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3097–3098
Holocene calendar	9997
Iranian calendar	625 BP – 624 BP
Islamic calendar	644 BH – 643 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	4 BC III BC
Korean calendar	2330
Minguo calendar	1915 before ROC 民前1915年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1471
Seleucid era	308/309 AG
Thai solar calendar	539–540
Tibetan calendar	阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 123 or −258 or −1030     — to — 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 124 or −257 or −1029

Year 4 BC was a common year starting on Tuesday or Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sabinus and Rufus.

Events

• Herod Archelaus becomes the ruler of Judea. Herod Antipas rules Galilee and Perea.
• Publius Quintilius Varus leads Roman legions to Jerusalem to restore order. He crucifies 2,000 Jewish rebels.

Births

• Jesus (possible)

Deaths

• Herod the Great (b. 73 BC)
• Marcus Tullius Tiro, freedman of Cicero