Editing 1 BC

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[[File:Nativity 01.jpg|thumb|The [[Nativity of Jesus|birth of Jesus]] (pictured above) is widely regarded to have been placed by [[Dionysius Exiguus|Dionysus Exiguus]], inventor of the [[Anno Domini]] dating system, in 1 BC. Modern scholarship, however, regards the birth of Christ to have taken place between 6 and 4 BC.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meier |first=John P. |title=A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus |publisher=Anchor Bible Reference Library |year=1991 |volume=v. 1 |pages=373–433 |chapter=A Chronology of Jesus' Life}}</ref>]]
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Year '''1 BC''' was a [[common year starting on Friday]] or [[Common year starting on Saturday|Saturday]] in the [[Julian calendar]] (the sources differ; see [[Julian calendar#Leap year error|leap year error]] for further information) and a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] in the [[proleptic Julian calendar]]. It was also a [[leap year starting on Saturday]] in the [[Proleptic Gregorian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the [[Consulship]] of [[Cossus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus|Lentulus]] and [[Calpurnia gens#Calpurnii_Pisones|Piso]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 753 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 1 BC for this year has been used since the early [[medieval period]] when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. The following year is AD 1 in the widely used Julian calendar and the proleptic Gregorian calendar, which both do not have a "[[year zero]]".

== 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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== Deaths ==
* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[Emperor Ai of Han|Ai of Han]], Chinese emperor of the [[Han dynasty]] (b. [[27 BC]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Fairbank|first=John|title=The Cambridge History of China: Volume 1, The Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 BC-AD 220|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A2HKxK5N2sAC&q=Emperor+Ai+of+Han+%2215+august%22&pg=PA227|year=1986|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521243278|page=227}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Loewe|first=Michael|title=Crisis and Conflict in Han China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BrJqDwAAQBAJ&q=Emperor+Ai+of+Han+%2215+august%22&pg=PT190|year=2018|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9780429849107|orig-year=1974}}</ref>
* [[Dong Xian]], Chinese politician and [[commander-in-chief]] (b. [[23 BC]])<ref name="hinsch" />
* [[Empress Fu (Ai)|Xiaoai]], Chinese empress and wife of Ai of Han<ref>{{Cite book|last=Thomsen|first=Rudi|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19912826|title=Ambition and Confucianism : a biography of Wang Mang|date=1988|publisher=Aarhus University Press|isbn=87-7288-155-0|location=[Aarhus, Denmark]|oclc=19912826}}</ref>
* [[Empress Zhao Feiyan|Zhao Feiyan]], Chinese empress and wife of [[Emperor Cheng of Han|Cheng of Han]] (b. [[45 BC]])<ref>{{Cite book|editor-last=Peterson |editor-first=Barbara Bennett |date=2015 |title=Notable women of China: Shang dynasty to the early twentieth century |location=Armonk, New York |publisher=M. E. Sharpe (Routledge) |pages=75–77 |isbn=978-0-7656-0504-7 |oclc=41231560 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kJ4ECwAAQBAJ&pg=PT75 }}</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[Year zero]] for the different conventions that historians and astronomers use for "BC" years

== References ==
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