The 1st century BCE: key events

Chronyas has 675 events dated to the 1st century BCE (100 BCE to 1 BCE), during the Ancient civilizations. Below are the most notable ones, in date order.

Most of the events in this century belong to Wars, politics & history and Civilizations & archaeology.

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100 BCEOrigins of Ponte Pietra
c. 100 BCEEruption of Okmok
July 100 BCEBirth of Julius Caesar
c. 90s BCEPublication of Records of the Grand Historian
from 91 BCE to 88 BCESocial War of 91-87 BCE
90 BCEOrigins of Machaerus
from 89 BCE to 85 BCEFirst Mithridatic War
from 88 BCE to 63 BCEMithridatic Wars
from September 87 BCE to March 86 BCESiege of Athens
86 BCEDeath of Sima Qian
83 BCEBirth of Mark Antony
78 BCEOrigins of Tabularium
from 74 BCE to 72 BCEThe slave revolt of Spartacus
from 73 BCE to 63 BCEThird Mithridatic War
from 73 BCE to 71 BCEThird Servile War
from 70 BCE to 25 BCEKanva dynasty
1 June 70 BCEEarthquake in Shandong Province, China
15 October 70 BCEBirth of Virgil
13 January 69 BCEBirth of Cleopatra
from 66 BCE to 217 CERoman–Parthian Wars
8 December 65 BCEBirth of Horace
63 BCEBirth of Strabo
23 September 63 BCEBirth of Augustus
62 BCEOrigins of Pons Fabricius
from 60 BCE to 106 CEDacia
from 59 BCE to 51 BCECaesar begins the conquest of Gaul
58 BCEPublication of Commentarii de Bello Gallico
58 BCEBattle of Vosges
58 BCEBattle of the Arar
from 58 BCE to 51 BCEGallic War
from 57 BCE to 935 CESilla
55 BCEOrigins of Theatre of Pompey
from 54 BCE to 628 CERoman–Persian Wars
from 29 August 51 BCE to 12 August 30 BCECleopatra becomes Pharaoh
c. 50 BCEEruption of Apoyeque
49 BCECaesar defeats Pompey at Pharsalus
from 10 January 49 BCE to 17 March 45 BCECaesar's Civil War
from 19 April 49 BCE to 6 September 49 BCESiege of Massilia
24 August 49 BCEBattle of the Bagradas River
46 BCEOrigins of Pons Cestius
46 BCEOrigins of Forum of Caesar
1 January 45 BCEThe Julian calendar takes effect
17 March 45 BCEBattle of Munda
44 BCEDiscovery of Caesar's Comet
44 BCEOrigins of Augusta Raurica
15 March 44 BCEAssassination of Julius Caesar
15 March 44 BCEDeath of Julius Caesar
20 March 43 BCEBirth of Ovid
7 December 43 BCEDeath of Cicero
16 November 42 BCEBirth of Tiberius
from 37 BCE to 668 CEGoguryeo
33 BCEEarthquake in Palestine, Israel
2 September 31 BCEBattle of Actium
2 September 31 BCEOctavian defeats Antony and Cleopatra at Actium
12 August 30 BCEDeath of Cleopatra
18 August 29 BCEOrigins of Temple of Caesar
28 BCEOrigins of Mausoleum of Augustus
27 BCEOrigins of Porticus Octaviae
from January 27 BCE to August 14 CEAugustus becomes Roman emperor
from 27 BCE to 284 CEPrincipate
from January 27 BCE to January 395 CERoman Empire
27 BCEOrigins of Pula Arena
from 27 BCE to 180 CEPax Romana
20 BCEAugustus of Prima Porta
c. 20 BCEVirgil's Aeneid is published
19 BCEConstruction of Western Wall
19 BCEConstruction of Walls of Jerusalem
21 September 19 BCEDeath of Virgil
from 18 BCE to 660 CEThree Kingdoms of Korea
from 18 BCE to 660 CEBaekje
15 BCEEstablishment of Herodium
c. 12 BCEOrigins of Strasbourg
12 BCEOrigins of Pyramid of Cestius
1 August 10 BCEBirth of Claudius
9 BCEOrigins of Ara Pacis
27 November 8 BCEDeath of Horace
c. 4 BCENativity of Jesus
4 BCEConstruction of Ise Jingū
c. 4 BCEBirth of Jesus
1 BCEBirth of Saint Peter

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