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1st century
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The 1st century was that century which lasted from 1 to 100.
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Events
- Beginning of Christianity
- Spread of the Roman Empire
- Masoretes adds vowel pointings to the text of the Tanakh
- Pompeii and Herculaneum destroyed by eruption of Mount Vesuvius in August 79
- Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka first write down Buddha's teachings, creating the Pali canon
- Buddhism reaches China
- Tacitus mentions the Suiones, who will one day be called the Swedes.
- Kaundinya , a Indian Brahmin marries Soma and establishes the Pre-Angkor Cambodian Kingdom of Funan.
- Arena (colosseum) is constructed, origin of the name Arena
Significant persons
- Jesus
- Saint Paul of Tarsus
- Pliny the Elder
- Tiberius
- Tacitus
- Seneca
- Josephus
- Nero
- Titus
- Boudicca
- Arminius
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
- Codex, the first form of the modern book, appears in the Roman empire
- Year 78 - the beginning of the Saka Era South Asian calendar system.
Decades and years
| 0s BC | 9 BC | 8 BC | 7 BC | 6 BC | 5 BC | 4 BC | 3 BC | 2 BC | 1 BC | |
| 0s | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 20s | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30s | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 |
| 50s | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 |
| 60s | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 |
| 70s | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 |
| 80s | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 |
| 100s | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 |
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