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This article is about the year 1. For the number 1, see 1 (number). For other uses, see 1 (disambiguation) and One (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
| Decades: | 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC – 0s – 10s 20s 30s |
| Years: | 3 BC 2 BC 1 BC – 1 AD – 2 AD 3 AD 4 AD |
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| 1 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1 I |
| Ab urbe condita | 754 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1843 – -1842 |
| Berber calendar | 951 |
| Buddhist calendar | 545 |
| Burmese calendar | -637 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5509 – 5510 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (2637/2697) — to —
辛酉年(2638/2698) |
| Coptic calendar | -283 – -282 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -7 – -6 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3761 – 3762 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 56 – 57 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3102 – 3103 |
| Holocene calendar | 10001 |
| Iranian calendar | 621 BP – 620 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 640 BH – 639 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2334 |
| Thai solar calendar | 544 |
Year 1 (I) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The preceding year is 1 BC in the widely used Gregorian calendar or in its predecessor, the Julian calendar, neither of which has a "year zero".
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Roman Empire
- Tiberius, under order of Augustus, quells revolts in Germania (1–5).
- Gaius Caesar and Lucius Aemilius Paullus are appointed consuls.
- Gaius Caesar marries Livilla, daughter of Antonia Minor and Nero Claudius Drusus, in an effort to gain prestige.
- Quirinius becomes a chief advisor to Gaius in Armenia. Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus whose father Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus had served as consul in 16 BC also serves in the Armenia campaigns.
- The Aqua Alsietina aqueduct is constructed.
- Silk appears in Rome.[1]
- Areius Paianeius becomes Archon of Athens.
[edit] Asia
- Start of the Yuanshi era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
- Confucius is given his first royal title (posthumous name) of Lord Baochengxun Ni.
- Emperor Ping of Han China begins his reign and Wang Mang is re-instated as regent by Grand Empress Dowager Wang.
- Former regent Dong Xian commits suicide.
- Sapadbizes, Yuezhi prince and King of Kush (Bactria), dies. Heraios succeeds him as king.
[edit] Africa
- Kingdom of Aksum, centered in modern day Ethiopia and Eritrea, is founded (approximate date).
- Amanishakheto Queen of Kush (Nubia) dies. Her son, Natakamani, becomes King of Kush.
[edit] Americas
- Moxos ceases to be a significant religious area in South America (approximate date).
[edit] By topic
[edit] Arts and sciences
- The poem Metamorphoses is written by Ovid.
- Livy writes his monumental History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita).
[edit] Religion
- Alleged birth of Jesus, as assigned by Dionysius Exiguus in his anno Domini era according to at least one scholar.[2][3] However, most scholars think Dionysius placed the birth of Jesus in the previous year, 1 BC.[2][3] Despite this, most modern scholars do not consider Dionysius' calculations authoritative, placing the event several years earlier (see Chronology of Jesus).[4]
- Buddhism is introduced into China.
[edit] Births
- Lucius Annaeus Gallio, Roman proconsul (d. 65)
- Quinctilius Varus, son of Publius Quinctilius Varus and Claudia Pulchra (d. c. 27)
- Pallas, Greek Freedman and political advisor (d. 65)
[edit] Deaths
- Gaius Meng, commentarierer and part of the Sierrdia expedition (b. 35 BC)
[edit] References
- ^ The Silkroad Foundation's silk road chronology
- ^ a b Georges Declercq, Anno Domini: The origins of the Christian Era (Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2000), pp.143–147.
- ^ a b G. Declercq, "Dionysius Exiguus and the introduction of the Christian Era", Sacris Erudiri 41 (2002) 165–246, pp.242–246. Annotated version of a portion of Anno Domini.
- ^ James D. G. Dunn, Jesus Remembered, Eerdmans Publishing (2003), page 324.
