7 Facts for Kids

This page is about the year 7 AD. For the actual number, see seven.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	20s BC 10s BC 0s BC – 0s – 10s 20s 30s
Years:	4 AD 5 AD 6 AD – 7 AD – 8 AD 9 AD 10 AD

AD 7 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	AD 7 VII
Ab urbe condita	760
Assyrian calendar	4757
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−586
Berber calendar	957
Buddhist calendar	551
Burmese calendar	−631
Byzantine calendar	5515–5516
Chinese calendar	丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 2703 or 2643 — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2704 or 2644
Coptic calendar	−277 – −276
Discordian calendar	1173
Ethiopian calendar	−1 – 0
Hebrew calendar	3767–3768
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	63–64
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3107–3108
Holocene calendar	10007
Iranian calendar	615 BP – 614 BP
Islamic calendar	634 BH – 633 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 7 VII
Korean calendar	2340
Minguo calendar	1905 before ROC 民前1905年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1461
Seleucid era	318/319 AG
Thai solar calendar	549–550
Tibetan calendar	阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 133 or −248 or −1020 — to — 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 134 or −247 or −1019

7 (VII) is a common year of the Julian calendar which started on a Saturday. According to the Gregorian calendar, it started on a Monday. It was the 7th year of the 1st century.

Events

The Illyrians revolt against Roman rule.
Pannonians revolt with Dalmatians and Illyrian tribes against Roman rule.
Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus dismisses the Judean ethnarch Herod Archelaus.
Publius Quinctilius Varus is appointed governor of Germany.
Tiberius Quinctilius Varus, legate, is charged with organizing Germany between the Rhine and Elba rivers. He carries out a census, devises tributes and recruits soldiers, all of which create dissension among the Germans.
Abgarus of Edessa is deposed as king of Osroene.
Construction of the Temple of Concordia begins.

Vonones I of the Arsacid Dynasty becomes ruler of Parthia
Zhai Yi, Governor of the Commandery of Dong (modern Puyang, Henan) declares Liu Zin, Marquess of Yang Xiang (modern Tai'an, Shandong) emperor. This proves to be the largest of the rebellions against Emperor Ruzi of Han.
Wang Mang puts down the rebellion during the winter. Zhai is captured and executed while Liu Xin escapes.

Strabo writes Geographia (some claimed around AD 18).
Livy is appointed to tutor Claudius in history. Claudius begins writing and researching a history of the Roman Civil Wars which is critical of Augustus. Livia and Antonia Minor force him to stop his work destroying any opportunity for political advancement.