1st century

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. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period

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.
• Late 1st century – Cityscape, detail of a Second Style wall painting from a bedroom in the House of Publius Fannius Synistor, Boscoreale, is made. It is now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Significant persons

Bronze statue of Augustus, Archaeological Museum, Athens.

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 used by South Asian calendars.
• Bookbinding
• Various inventions by Hero of Alexandria, including the steam turbine (aeolipile), vending machine, machine gun, water organ, and various other water-powered machines.

Decades and years