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Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nt 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

The warld in 1 AD

Year 1 (I) wis a common year stairtin on Setturday or Sunday o the Julian calendar (the soorces differ) an a common year stairtin on Setturday o the Proleptic Julian calendar. It is a Common year stairtin on Monday, in the Proleptic Gregorian calendar seestem.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Tiberius, unner order o Augustus, quells revolts in Germanie (1–5).
• Gaius Caesar an Lucius Aemilius Paullus are appyntit consuls.
• Gaius Caesar marries Livilla, dauchter o Antonia Minor an Nero Claudius Drusus, in an effort tae gain prestige.
• Quirinius becomes a chief advisor tae Gaius in Armenie. Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, whose faither Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus haed served as consul in 16 BCE, serves in the Armenie campaigns as weel.
• Areius Paianeius becomes Archon o Athens.

Asie

• The Yuanshi era o the Cheenese Han dynasty begins.
• Confucius is gien his first ryal title (posthumous name) o Lord Baochengxun Ni.
• Emperor Ping o Han Cheenae begins his ring an Wang Mang is re-instatit as regent bi Grand Empress Dowager Wang.
• Sapadbizes, Yuezhi prince an Keeng o Kush (Bactrie), dies. Heraios succeeds him as keeng.

Africae

• The Kinrick o Aksum, centered in modren day Ethiopie an Eritrea, is foondit (approximate date).
• Amanishakheto, Queen o Kush (Nubia), dees. Her son, Natakamani, becomes Keeng o Kush.

Americas

• Moxos ceases tae be a signeeficant releegious aurie in Sooth Americae (approximate date).
• The Teotihuacan cultur in Mesoamericae begins (approximate date).
• The Maya practice sacrifice an mutilation.
• The Olmec 2 phase o the Olmec ceevilization begins; San Lorenzo an La Venta grow in population.*

Bi topic

Airts an sciences

• The poem Metamorphoses is written bi Ovid.
• Livy continues writin his monumental History o Roum (Ab Urbe Condita).

Releegion

• Birth o Jesus, as assignt bi Dionysius Exiguus in his anno Domini era accordin tae at least ane scholar. However, maist scholars think Dionysius placed the birth o Jesus in the previous year, 1 BC. Despite this, maist modren scholars dinna conseider Dionysius' calculations authoritative, placin the event several year afore (see Chronology o Jesus).

Births

• Lucius Annaeus Gallio, Roman proconsul (d. 65)
• Quinctilius Varus, son o Publius Quinctilius Varus an Claudia Pulchra (d. c. 27)
• Pallas, Greek Freedman an poleetical advisor (d. 63)

Daiths

• Arshak II o Iberie, king o Iberie o the Nimrodid Dynasty
• Sapadbizes king o the Kushan Empire
• Amanishakheto, Queen o Kush