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Year '1 BC' was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events

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Religion

Births

Deaths

References

See also

Events

By Topic

Religion

★ Traditional date (December 25) 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.^[1] 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^[2]. For full discussion, see Jesus.

Births

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Deaths

★ Herod the Great, according to some interpretations of Josephus. However, Josephus also mentioned a lunar eclipse just before Herod's death, which Kepler dated to March 13, 4 BC, which is the date accepted today.

★ Dong Xian, a Han Dynasty Chinese official under Emperor Ai of Han

★ Emperor Ai of Han

★ Empress Fu

★ Empress Zhao Feiyan

References

1. Robert Powell, ''Chronicle of the Living Christ'' (Steiner Books:1996)
2. J.R. Beard, ''The People's Dictionary of the Bible'' (Boston: Walker, Wise & Co., 1862)

See also

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