100

This page is about the year 100. For other uses of 100, see 100 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	70s  80s  90s  – 100s –  110s  120s  130s
Years:	97 98 99 – 100 – 101 102 103

Hundred rupee note India

100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is a common year of the Gregorian calendar. It started on a Friday.

It is one of only seven years to use just one Roman numeral. The seven are 1 AD (I), 5 AD (V), 10 AD (X), 50 AD (L), 100 AD (C), 500 AD (D), and 1000 AD (M).

Events

• Roman Empire
  • Pliny the Younger advances to consulship
  • Tiberius Avidius Quietus rule as governor of Roman Britain ends
  • Timgad (Thamugas) founded by Emperor Trajan
  • The Roman Army reaches 300,000 soldiers
  • Bricks become the primary building material in the Empire

• Europe
  • Lions have become extinct in Europe by this year

• Asia
  • Pakores, last king of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom, becomes king
  • In China, the wheelbarrow is first used

• Americas
  • Hopewell culture begins in what is now Ohio (uncertain date)
  • Teotihuacan at the center of Mexi reaches a population of 50,000

• Arabia
  • Kingdom of Himyarite is conquered by the Hadramaut

• Religion
  • The Temple of the God of Medicine is built in Anguo, China
  • Fourth Buddhist Council begins
  • The making of the Kama Sutra begins in India

Deaths

• Josephus, Jewish historian
• Agrippa II of Judea

100 Media

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  The U.S. hundred-dollar bill, Series 2009