26 BC Facts for Kids

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	50s BC 40s BC 30s BC – 20s BC – 10s BC 0s BC 0s
Years:	29 BC 28 BC 27 BC – 26 BC – 25 BC 24 BC 23 BC

26 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	26 BC XXV BC
Ab urbe condita	728
Ancient Greek era	188th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4725
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−618
Berber calendar	925
Buddhist calendar	519
Burmese calendar	−663
Byzantine calendar	5483–5484
Chinese calendar	甲午年 (Wood Horse) 2671 or 2611 — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 2672 or 2612
Coptic calendar	−309 – −308
Discordian calendar	1141
Ethiopian calendar	−33 – −32
Hebrew calendar	3735–3736
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	31–32
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3075–3076
Holocene calendar	9975
Iranian calendar	647 BP – 646 BP
Islamic calendar	667 BH – 666 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	26 BC XXV BC
Korean calendar	2308
Minguo calendar	1937 before ROC 民前1937年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1493
Seleucid era	286/287 AG
Thai solar calendar	517–518
Tibetan calendar	阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 101 or −280 or −1052 — to — 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 102 or −279 or −1051

Year 26 BC was either a common year starting on Tuesday or Wednesday or a leap year starting on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Taurus.

Events

Imperator Caesar Augustus becomes Roman Consul for the eighth time. His partner Titus Statilius Taurus becomes Consul for the second time.
Cleopatra Selene marries Juba II of Numidia. As a wedding present Augustus makes her the queen of Mauretania in her own right.
Tiridates II invades Parthia
Augustus starts battle against the Cantabrians in northern Hispania
Dioteimus Alaieus is one of the Archons of Athens
Abgar IV Sumaqa becomes ruler of Osroene
In India the Andhra dynasty replaces the Kanva dynasty