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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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