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1st century

The 1st century was that century which lasted from 1 AD to 100 AD, or from 0 to 99 in a more scientific notation (using a year zero), as in astronomical year numbering.

1st century - Events

• 1–Beginning of Christianity, the birth of Jesus of Nazareth
• Spread of the Roman Empire
• Masoretes adds vowel pointings to the text of the Tanakh
• 70: destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans under Vespasian
• Pompeii and Herculaneum destroyed by eruption of Mount Vesuvius in August 79
• Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka first write down Buddha's teachings, creating the Pali canon
• Buddhism reaches China
• Tacitus mentions the Suiones, who will one day be called the Swedes.
• Kaundinya, a Indian Brahmin marries Soma and establishes the Pre-Angkor Cambodian Kingdom of Funan.
• Arena (colosseum) is constructed, origin of the name Arena
• The Goths settle in northern Poland, which they called Gothiscandza, and shape the Wielbark culture.

1st century - Significant persons

• Apollonius of Tyana.
• Arminius.
• Boudica.
• Caesar Augustus.
• Caligula.
• Claudius.
• Domitian.
• Galba.
• Hero of Alexandria.
• Jesus Christ.
• Josephus.
• Livy.
• Nero.
• Nerva.
• Otho.
• Saint Paul of Tarsus.
• Pliny the Elder.
• Seneca the Younger.
• Tacitus.
• Tiberius.
• Titus.
• Trajan.
• Vespasian.
• Vitellius.

1st century - 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, and various other water-powered machines.

1st century - Decades and years

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