Editing 1 BC (section)

==== 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>