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Millennium:	1st millennium
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

Year 1 (I) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, and was the first year of the Christian/Common era. 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".

Contents 1 Events 1.1 By place 1.1.1 Roman Empire 1.1.2 Asia 1.1.3 Africa 1.1.4 Americas 1.2 By topic 1.2.1 Arts and sciences 1.2.2 Religion 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

Events

The world in 1 Germanic tribes in Europe in 1 1 by topic Politics State leaders – Sovereign states Birth and death categories Births – Deaths Establishment and disestablishment categories Establishments – Disestablishments 1 in other calendars Gregorian calendar 1 I Ab urbe condita 754 Armenian calendar N/A Bahá'í calendar -1843 – -1842 Bengali calendar -592 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  - Bikram Samwat 57 – 58  - 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

By place

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.

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).
• The Teotihuacan culture in Mesoamerica begins (approximate date).

By topic

Arts and sciences

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

Religion

• 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.

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)

Deaths

• Arshak II of Iberia, king of Iberia of the Nimrodid Dynasty
• Gaius Meng, commentarierer and part of the Sierrdia expedition (b. 35 BC)
• Niao Long, Chinese emperor of the cave family called: Hiyong Shi kao.

References