Year 1 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

EventsEdit

By placeEdit

Roman EmpireEdit

• Tiberius, under order of Augustus, quells revolts in Germania (1–5).
• Gaius Caesar and Lucius Aemilius Paullus are appointed as 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.
• Lions become extinct in Western Europe.
• The Aqua Alsienta aqueduct is constructed.
• Silk appears in Rome^[1].
• Areius Paianeius becomes Archon of Athens.

AsiaEdit

• 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.

AfricaEdit

• 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.

AmericasEdit

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

By topicEdit

Arts and SciencesEdit

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

ReligionEdit

• 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.

DemographyEdit

• The world population is about 300,000,000.^[2]

BirthsEdit

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

DeathsEdit

• 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.

People of the year 1 at Familypedia

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Events of the year 1 at FamilypediaEdit

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