1st century

Centuries:	1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century
Decades:	0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s

The 1st century is the century from 1 to 100.

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Note: years before or after the 1st century are in italics.

1– This year was numbered by Dionysius Exiguus, who followed Christianity. He chose this as year one AD, because he thought it was the first year of the life of Jesus from a town called Nazareth. Historians now think Jesus was born up to four years before.
8–23: Wang Mang overthrew Han dynasty of China
28–75 Emperor Ming of Han, Buddhism reaches China
Masoretes adds vowel pointings to the text of the Tanakh
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
66, July 19: Great Fire of Rome, first Roman mass Persecution of Christians, earliest significant recognition of Christians in Rome
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
Lions extinct in Western Europe