Editing 1 BC (section)

== Events ==
=== By place ===
==== Han dynasty ====
* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[Emperor Ai of Han|Emperor Ai]] dies and is succeeded by his 8-year-old cousin [[Emperor Ping of Han|Ping]], who is enthroned on [[October 17]]. [[Wang Mang]] is appointed [[regent]] by Empress Dowager [[Empress Wang Zhengjun|Wang Zhengjun]], his aunt.<ref>{{Cite book|editor-last=Bowman |editor-first=John Stewart |year=2000 |title=Columbia Chronologies of Asian history and Culture |location=New York |publisher=Columbia University Press |page=12 |isbn=978-0-231-50004-3 |oclc=51542679 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cYoHOqC7Yx4C }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Furth |first=Charlotte |date=1991|title=Passions of the Cut Sleeve: The Male Homo[sex]ual Tradition in China. By Bret Hinsch. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. xvii, 232 pp. $22.50.|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2058567|journal=The Journal of Asian Studies|volume=50|issue=4|pages=911–912|doi=10.2307/2058567 |jstor=2058567|issn=0021-9118|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* Former regent [[Dong Xian]], who was previously Ai's lover, commits suicide with his wife.<ref name = hinsch>Hinsch, Bret. (1990) ''Passions of the Cut Sleeve''. University of California Press.</ref>

==== Roman Empire ====
* [[Gaius Caesar]] marries [[Livilla]], daughter of [[Antonia Minor]] and [[Nero Claudius Drusus]], in an effort to gain prestige.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cassius Dio - Book 55|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/55*.html#10 |access-date=2021-05-25 |website=penelope.uchicago.edu }}</ref>
* The [[Roman theatre, Cartagena|Roman theatre in Cartagena]], built by Gaius and Lucius Caesar, finishes construction.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cartagena Roman Theatre Museum|url=https://murciatoday.com/cartagena-roman-theatre-museum_1943-a.html|access-date=2021-05-26|website=murciatoday.com}}</ref>
* [[Aulus Caecina Severus (consul 1 BC)|Aulus Caecina Severus]] was appointed consul by [[Augustus|Emperor Augustus]] succeeding [[Cossus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus]] and [[Lucius Calpurnius Piso (consul 1 BC)|Lucius Calpurnius Piso]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Syne |first=Ronald |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/30318791 |title=Anatolica : studies in Strabo |date=1995|publisher=Clarendon Press|isbn=0-19-814943-3|oclc=30318791}}</ref>

==== Kingdom of Kush ====
* The approximate date of [[Natakamani]] succeeding [[Amanishakheto]] as the [[King of Kush]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Garlake|first=Peter S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q-P5fGXeX2AC|title=Early Art and Architecture of Africa|date=2002|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-284261-9|language=en}}</ref>

==== Satavahana dynasty ====
*Kunatala Satakarni is succeeded by Satakarni III.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Rajesh Kumar|title=Ajanta Paintings: 86 Panels of Jatakas and Other Themes.|publisher=Hari Sena|year=2013|isbn=9788192510750|pages=15–16}}</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
{{main|Chronology of Jesus}}
* Estimated [[Nativity of Jesus|birth of Jesus]], in the Christian religion, as assigned by [[Dionysius Exiguus]] in his [[Anno Domini]] era; according to most scholars, Dionysius used the word "incarnation", but it is not known whether he meant conception or birth. However, at least one scholar thinks Dionysius placed the incarnation of Jesus in the next year, [[AD 1]].<ref name="declercq1">Georges Declercq, ''Anno Domini: The origins of the Christian Era'' (Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2000), pp.143–147.</ref><ref name="declercq2">G. Declercq, "Dionysius Exiguus and the introduction of the Christian Era", ''Sacris Erudiri'' '''41''' (2002) 165–246, pp.242–246. Annotated version of a portion of ''Anno Domini''.</ref> Most modern scholars do not consider Dionysius' calculations authoritative, and place the event several years earlier.<ref>James D. G. Dunn, ''Jesus Remembered'', Eerdmans Publishing (2003), page 324.</ref>
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