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This article is about the year 1. For the number 1, see 1 (number). For other uses, see 1 (disambiguation) and One (disambiguation).

Year 1 (I) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. 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".

Events

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.
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).

By topic

Arts and sciences

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

Religion

Alleged birth of Jesus, as assigned by Dionysius Exiguus in his anno Domini era according to at least one scholar. However, most scholars think Dionysius placed the birth of Jesus in the previous year, 1 BC. Despite this, most modern scholars do not consider Dionysius' calculations authoritative, placing the event several years earlier (see Chronology of Jesus).
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

Gaius Meng, commentarierer and part of the Sierrdia expedition (b. 35 BC)

Translation

The word "1" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Afrikaans, Aragonese, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Franco-Provençal/Arpitan, Asturian, Guarani, Azeri, Belarusian, Belarusian (Taraškievica), Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chuvash, Cebuano, Czech, Corsican, Welsh, Danish, German, Estonian, Greek, Spanish, Esperanto, Basque, French, West Frisian, Friulian, Irish, Manx, Galician, Croatian, Ido, Igbo, Indonesian, Interlingua, Italian, Hebrew, Javanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Swahili, Latin, Latvian, Luxembourgish, Ligurian, Lombard, Hungarian, Macedonian, Malay, Nahuatl, Dutch, Neapolitan, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Norman, Occitan, Uzbek, Low Saxon, Polish, Portuguese, Tahitian, Romanian, Quechua, Sakha, Albanian, Simple English, Slovak, Slovenian, Sranan, Serbian, Finnish, Swedish, Tatar, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Venetian, Volapük, West Flemish, Waray-Waray, Yoruba, Zazaki, Samogitian.

Translation(s) in other languages: Alemannic: 0er#Johr 1, Arabic: ملحق:1, Bengali: ১, Min Nan: 1 nî, Bihari: १, Persian: ۱ (میلادی), Korean: 1년, Bishnupriya Manipuri: মারি ১, Haitian: 1 (almanak jilyen), Lithuanian: 1 m., Marathi: इ.स. १, Newar / Nepal Bhasa: १, Japanese: 1年, Chechen: 1 Шо, Oriya: ୧, Pali: १, Ripuarian: Joohr 1, Russian: 1 год, Sanskrit: १, Thai: พ.ศ. 544, Urdu: 1ء, Classical Chinese: 公元元年, Chinese: 1年.