100

This article is about the year 100. For other uses of 100, see 100 (number).

Centuries:	1st century BC · 1st century · 2nd century
Decades:	70s 80s 90s 100s 110s 120s 130s
Years:	97 98 99 100 101 102 103

100 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	100 C
Ab urbe condita	853
Armenian calendar	N/A
Assyrian calendar	4850
Bahá'í calendar	-1744–-1743
Bengali calendar	-493
Berber calendar	1050
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	644
Burmese calendar	-538
Byzantine calendar	5608–5609
Chinese calendar	己亥年月日 (2736/2796--Template:Chinese calendar/day/46/35) — to — 庚子年月日 (2737/2797--Template:Chinese calendar/day/46/36)
Coptic calendar	-184–-183
Ethiopian calendar	92–93
Hebrew calendar	3860–3861
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	156–157
- Shaka Samvat	22–23
- Kali Yuga	3201–3202
Holocene calendar	10100
Iranian calendar	522 BP – 521 BP
Islamic calendar	538 BH – 537 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2433
Minguo calendar	1812 before ROC 民前1812年
Thai solar calendar	643

100 (Roman numerals: C) is a common year of the Gregorian calendar. It started on a Friday.

It is one of only seven years to use just one Roman numeral. The seven are 1 AD (I), 5 AD (V), 10 AD (X), 50 AD (L), 100 AD (C), 500 AD (D), and 1000 AD (M).

Events

• Roman Empire
  • Pliny the Younger advances to consulship
  • Tiberius Avidius Quietus rule as governor of Roman Britain ends
  • Timgad (Thamugas) founded by Emperor Trajan
  • The Roman Army reaches 300,000 soldiers
  • Bricks become the primary building material in the Empire

• Europe
  • Lions have become extinct in Europe by this year

• Asia
  • Pakores, last king of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom, becomes king
  • In China, the wheelbarrow is first used

• Americas
  • Hopewell culture begins in what is now Ohio (uncertain date)
  • Teotihuacan at the center of Mexi reaches a population of 50,000

• Arabia
  • Kingdom of Himyarite is conquered by the Hadramaut

• Religion
  • The Temple of the God of Medicine is built in Anguo, China
  • Fourth Buddhist Council begins
  • The making of the Kama Sutra begins in India

Deaths

• Josephus, Jewish historian
• Agrippa II of Judea