1st century

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Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century
Decades: 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s

The 1st century was that century which lasted from 1 to 100 according the Gregorian calendar. For the astronomical calendar it is from 0 to 99.

Events

  • 1: Lions became extinct in Western Europe.
  • 8–23: Wang Mang overthrew Han dynasty of China
  • 28–75 Emperor Ming of Han, Buddhism reaches China
  • 29-33: Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
  • Masoretes adds vowel pointings to the text of the Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible
  • Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka first write down Buddha's teachings, creating the Pali canon
  • Tacitus mentions the Suiones, who will one day be called the Swedes.
  • Kaundinya, an Indian Brahmin marries Soma and establishes the Pre-Angkor Cambodian Kingdom of Funan.
  • The Goths settle in northern Poland, which they called Gothiscandza, and shape the Wielbark culture.
  • Christian Council of Jerusalem
  • July 19, 64: Great Fire of Rome, first Roman mass Persecution of Christians, earliest significant recognition of Christians in Rome
  • 66- 73 First Jewish-Roman War
  • 70, August: destruction of Herod's Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans under Titus
  • 79, August: Pompeii and Herculaneum destroyed by eruption of Mount Vesuvius
  • Jewish Council of Jamnia
  • Spread of the Roman Empire, reaches largest size under Trajan
  • Arena (colosseum) is constructed, origin of the name Arena

Significant persons

Bronze statue of Augustus, Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Bronze statue of Augustus, Archaeological Museum, Athens.
Bust of Caligula.
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Bust of Caligula.
  • Apollonius of Tyana
  • Arminius
  • Boudica, also known as Boadicea
  • Augustus
  • Caligula
  • Claudius
  • Clement I of Rome, 4th Bishop of Rome
  • Domitian
  • Galba
  • Hero of Alexandria
  • Hillel the Elder
  • Ignatius of Antioch, 3rd Bishop of Antioch
  • James the Just, 1st Bishop of Jerusalem
  • Jesus Christ
  • John the Baptist
  • Josephus
  • Livy
  • Nero
  • Nerva
  • Otho
  • Paul of Tarsus
  • Philo
  • Pliny the Elder
  • Pontius Pilate, prefect of Judea who executed Jesus Christ
  • Seneca the Younger
  • Strabo, wrote book of Geography
  • Tacitus
  • Tiberius
  • Titus
  • Trajan
  • Vespasian
  • Vitellius
  • Wang Chong

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

  • Codex, the first form of the modern book, appears in the Roman empire
  • Year 78 - the beginning of the Saka Era South Asian calendar system.
  • Bookbinding
  • Various inventions by Hero of Alexandria, including the steam turbine (aeolipile), vending machine, machine gun, water organ, Nintendo Wii and various other water-powered machines.
  • Drew Zimmerman Begins the hobby of ruining wikipedia pages.

Decades and years

0s BC 9 BC 8 BC 7 BC 6 BC 5 BC 4 BC 3 BC 2 BC 1 BC
0s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10s 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20s 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30s 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
40s 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
50s 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59
60s 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69
70s 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
80s 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89
90s 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
100s 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109
Millennium Century
4th BC: 40th BC 39th BC 38th BC 37th BC 36th BC 35th BC 34th BC 33rd BC 32nd BC 31st BC
3rd BC: 30th BC 29th BC 28th BC 27th BC 26th BC 25th BC 24th BC 23rd BC 22nd BC 21st BC
2nd BC: 20th BC 19th BC 18th BC 17th BC 16th BC 15th BC 14th BC 13th BC 12th BC 11th BC
1st BC: 10th BC 9th BC 8th BC 7th BC 6th BC 5th BC 4th BC 3rd BC 2nd BC 1st BC
1st:   1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th 10th
2nd: 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
3rd: 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th
4th: 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th
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