1 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	30s BC  20s BC  10s BC  – 0s BC –  0s  10s  20s
Years:	4 BC 3 BC 2 BC – 1 BC – 1 AD 2 AD 3 AD

Year 1 BC/BCE was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. Some sources list it as a common year starting on either Friday or Saturday. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Piso.

Events

• Emperor Augustus made a peace treaty with Phraates V
• Ovid writes the Ars Amatoria
• Ping of Han becomes Emperor of China
• December 25 - Birth of Jesus as given by Dionysius Exiguus

Births

• Ptolemy of Mauretania (d. AD 40)

Deaths

for more information, see Category:1 BC 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)