AD 1

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AD 1 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 1 I
Ab urbe condita	754
Assyrian calendar	4751
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−592
Berber calendar	951
Buddhist calendar	545
Burmese calendar	−637
Byzantine calendar	5509–5510
Chinese calendar	庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2698 or 2491     — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2699 or 2492
Coptic calendar	−283 – −282
Discordian calendar	1167
Ethiopian calendar	−7 – −6
Hebrew calendar	3761–3762
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	57–58
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3101–3102
Holocene calendar	10001
Iranian calendar	621 BP – 620 BP
Islamic calendar	640 BH – 639 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 1 I
Korean calendar	2334
Minguo calendar	1911 before ROC 民前1911年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1467
Seleucid era	312/313 AG
Thai solar calendar	543–544
Tibetan calendar	阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 127 or −254 or −1026     — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 128 or −253 or −1025

Events

=Roman Empire

• Tiberius, under order of Augustus, quells revolts in Germania (1 - 5)
• Gaius Caesar and Lucius Aemilius Paullus are appointed as consuls.
• Gaius Caesar is appointed to a military command in Armenia with Marcus Herennius Picens serving in his place as consul.
• Gaius Caesar married 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.
• Lions became extinct in Western Europe.
• Construction of the Aqua Alsienta aqueduct.
• Silk appears in Rome .
• Areius Paianeius becomes Archon of Athens

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.

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

Americas

• Moxos ceases to be a significant religious area in South America (approximate date).

By topic

Arts and Sciences

• The poem Metamorphoses is written by Ovid.
• Livy writing his monumental History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita).

Religion

• Jesus' birth, according to the Anno Domini era created by Dionysius Exiguus in 525 as argued by one scholar, Georges Declercq, in Anno Domini (2000). Most scholars argue that Dionysius placed the birth of Jesus in 1 BC.
• The first full year in the life of Jesus as assigned by Dionysius Exiguus in his Anno Domini era.
• Buddhism is introduced into China.

Demography

• The world population is about 300,000,000.

Births

• Lucius Annaeus Gallio, Roman proconsul (d. 65)
• Quinctilius Varus, son of Publius Quinctilius Varus and Claudia Pulchra Born (c. 27 BC)
• Pallas, Greek Freedman and political advisor

Deaths

• In disgrace following the accession of Emperor Ping, Zhao Feiyan, empress of Emperor Cheng of Han, forced to commit suicide (b. unknown)
• Emperor Ai of Han.