1 BC

Year 1 BC was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.__NOTOC__

Events

By Place

Rome

* Ovid writes the Ars Amatoria.

By Topic

Religion

*Alleged date of birth of Jesus (died about 33) — as assigned by Dionysius Exiguus in his anno Domini era according to most scholars. However, one scholar thinks Dionysius placed the birth of Jesus in year 1. [Georges Declercq, "Anno Domini" (2000).] These scholars do not themselves place the birth of Jesus in either year. Both years are derived from Dionysius' ambiguous statement that the consulship of Probus Junior was 525 years since the incarnation of Jesus. Some scholars have suggested that the story of his birth in the New Testament implies that he was born in the spring rather during the winter. [J.R. Beard, "The People's Dictionary of the Bible" (Boston: Walker, Wise & Co., 1862)] For full discussion, see Jesus.

Births

*Ptolemy of Mauretania

Deaths

*Dong Xian, a Han Dynasty Chinese official under Emperor Ai of Han (b. 23 BC)
*Emperor Ai of Han (b. 27 BC)
*Empress Fu
*Empress Zhao Feiyan (b. 32 BC)

References

ee also

*Year zero for the different conventions that historians and astronomers use for "BC" years.