100
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- This article is about the year 100. For other uses of 100, see 100 (number) or 100 (disambiguation).
Centuries: | 1st century BC · 1st century · 2nd century |
Decades: | 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s 120s 130s |
Years: | 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 |
100 in other calendars | |
Gregorian calendar | 100 |
Ab urbe condita | 853 |
Chinese calendar | 2736 – 2737 |
Hebrew calendar | 3859 – 3860 |
Hindu calendars – Vikram Samvat – Shaka Samvat – Kali Yuga |
155 – 156 22 – 23 3201 – 3202 |
Iranian calendar | -522 – -521 |
Islamic calendar | -480 – -479 |
Runic calendar | 350 |
100 (Roman numerals: 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).
[edit] 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
- 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
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Josephus, Jewish historian
- Agrippa II of Judea