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This page is about the year 1 AD. For the number, see 1 (number).

The year 1 AD (I) was a common year starting on Saturday^[1] in the Julian calendar. The year started on a Monday^[2] in the Gregorian calendar. It was the first year of the 1st century and 1st millennium.

AD 1 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 1 I
Ab urbe condita	754
Assyrian calendar	4751
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−592
Berber calendar	951
Buddhist calendar	545
Burmese calendar	−637
Byzantine calendar	5509–5510
Chinese calendar	庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2697 or 2637     — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2698 or 2638
Coptic calendar	−283 – −282
Discordian calendar	1167
Ethiopian calendar	−7 – −6
Hebrew calendar	3761–3762
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	57–58
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3101–3102
Holocene calendar	10001
Iranian calendar	621 BP – 620 BP
Islamic calendar	640 BH – 639 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 1 I
Korean calendar	2334
Minguo calendar	1911 before ROC 民前1911年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1467
Seleucid era	312/313 AG
Thai solar calendar	543–544
Tibetan calendar	ལྕགས་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Monkey) 127 or −254 or −1026     — to — ལྕགས་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Iron-Bird) 128 or −253 or −1025

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).

At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Paullus. The denomination 1 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the main method in Europe for naming years. The year before this is 1 BC in the widely used Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

A bust of Tiberius.

The World in year one.

• Tiberius, under orders of Augustus, stopped revolts in Germany (1 – 5).
• Rome: Gaius Caesar and Lucius Aemilius Paullus became consuls, M. Herennius Picens replaces Paullus in July .
• The poem Metamorphoses is written by Ovid.
• The Aqua Alsietina aqueduct is made in Rome.
• Silk appears in Rome. ^[3]

Asia

• Start of the Yuanshi era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
• Confucius is given his first royal title (posthumous name) of Lord Bao Chengxun Ni.
• Buddhism is introduced into China.
• Emperor Ping of Han China's reign begins.

Africa

• Axum (Ethiopia) is founded (approximate date).

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

• Birth of Jesus as given by Dionysius Exiguus in his anno Domini era according to at least one scholar.^[4][5] However, most scholars think Dionysius placed the birth of Jesus in the previous year, 1 BC.^[4][5]

Births

• Lucius Annaeus Gallio, Roman proconsul (d. 65)
• Quinctilius Varus, son of Publius Quinctilius Varus and Claudia Pulchra (d. 27)
• Pallas, Greek Freedman and political advisor (d. 65)

Deaths

• Arshak II of Iberia, king of Iberia of the Nimrodid Dynasty
• Herod the Great 14 Jan 1AD, king of Judea of the Herod Dynasty