AD 1

For other uses, see AD 1 (disambiguation) and 1AD.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC 1st century 2nd century
Decades:	10s BC 0s BC 0s 10s 20s
Years:	3 BC 2 BC 1 BC AD 1 AD 2 AD 3 AD 4

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

The world in AD 1

The eastern hemisphere in AD 1

Germanic tribes in Europe in AD 1

AD 1 (I), 1 AD or 1 CE is the epoch year for the Anno Domini calendar era. It was the first year of the Common Era (CE), of the 1st millennium and of the 1st century. It was a common year starting on Saturday or Sunday, a common year starting on Saturday by the proleptic Julian calendar, and a common year starting on Monday by the proleptic Gregorian calendar. In its time, year 1 was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Paullus, named after Roman consuls Gaius Caesar and Lucius Aemilius Paullus, and less frequently, as year 754 AUC (ab urbe condita) within the Roman Empire. The denomination "AD 1" for this year has been in consistent use since the mid-medieval period when the anno Domini (AD) calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. It was the beginning of the Christian/Common era. The preceding year is 1 BC; there is no year 0 in this numbering scheme. The Anno Domini dating system was devised in AD 525 by Dionysius Exiguus.

The Julian calendar, a 45 BC reform of the Roman calendar, was the calendar used by Rome in AD 1.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Tiberius, under order of Emperor Augustus, quells revolts in Germania (AD 1–5).
• 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.

Asia

• Confucius is given his first royal title (posthumous name) of Lord Baochengxun Ni.
• Sapadbizes, Yuezhi prince and king of Kush (Bactria), dies. Heraios succeeds him as king.

Africa

• The 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).
• The Teotihuacan culture in Mesoamerica begins (approximate date).
• The Olmec 2 phase of the Olmec civilization begins; San Lorenzo and La Venta grow in population.

By topic

Arts and sciences

• The poem Metamorphoses is written by Ovid.

Religion

• Birth of Jesus, as assigned by Dionysius Exiguus in his anno Domini era according to at least one scholar. However, most scholars think Dionysius placed the birth of Jesus in the previous year, 1 BC. Furthermore, most modern scholars do not consider Dionysius' calculations authoritative, placing the event several years earlier (see Chronology of Jesus).

Births

• Izates bar Monobaz, Parthian client king (approximate date)
• Pope St. Peter, Pope in Catholic church (d. AD 68)
• Scribonius Largus, Roman physician (approximate date)
• Sextus Afranius Burrus, Roman praetorian prefect (d. AD 62)

Deaths

• Amanishakheto, queen of Kush (Nubia)
• Artaxias II, king of Iberia (Nimrodid dynasty)
• Gaius Antistius Vetus, Roman consul (b. 50 BC)
• Sapadbizes, king of the Kushan Empire

Sources

• Declercq, Georges (2000). Anno Domini: The origins of the Christian Era. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols. pp. 143–147. ISBN 978-2503510507.

• Declercq, Georges (2002). "Dionysius Exiguus and the introduction of the Christian Era". Sacris Erudiri. 41. Brussels: Brepols: 165–246. doi:10.1484/J.SE.2.300491. ISSN 0771-7776. Annotated version of a portion of Anno Domini

• Dunn, James D. G. (2003). Jesus Remembered. Christianity in the Making. Vol. 1. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 324. ISBN 978-0802839312.