Editing 1 BC (section)

=== 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>