AD 100

AD 100 (C) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was sometimes referred to as year 853 ab urbe condita, i.e., 853 years since the founding of Rome in 753 B.C. The denomination AD 100 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

"100 (year)" redirects here. For 100 BC, see 100 BC.

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

AD 100 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 100 C
Ab urbe condita	853
Assyrian calendar	4850
Balinese saka calendar	21–22
Bengali calendar	−493
Berber calendar	1050
Buddhist calendar	644
Burmese calendar	−538
Byzantine calendar	5608–5609
Chinese calendar	己亥年 (Earth Pig) 2796 or 2736     — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2797 or 2737
Coptic calendar	−184 – −183
Discordian calendar	1266
Ethiopian calendar	92–93
Hebrew calendar	3860–3861
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	156–157
- Shaka Samvat	21–22
- Kali Yuga	3200–3201
Holocene calendar	10100
Iranian calendar	522 BP – 521 BP
Islamic calendar	538 BH – 537 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 100 C
Korean calendar	2433
Minguo calendar	1812 before ROC 民前1812年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1368
Seleucid era	411/412 AG
Thai solar calendar	642–643
Tibetan calendar	阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 226 or −155 or −927     — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 227 or −154 or −926

The eastern hemisphere in AD 100

The world in AD 100

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Trajan and Sextus Julius Frontinus become Roman Consuls.
• Bricks become the primary building material in the Roman Empire.
• Pliny the Younger advances to consulship, giving his panegyric on Trajan in the process.
• The Roman Army reaches 300,000 soldiers.
• Titus Avidius Quietus' rule as governor of Roman Britain ends.
• Timgad (Thamugas), a Roman colonial town in North Africa is founded by Trajan.
• Trajan creates a policy intended to restore the former economic supremacy of Italy.
• The future emperor, Hadrian, marries Vibia Sabina.

Europe

• Lions became extinct in the Balkans in the AD 100s

Asia

• Pakores (last king of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom) takes the throne.
• Paper is used by the general populace in China, starting around this year.
• The Kingdom of Himyarite is conquered by the Hadramaut.

Americas

• The Hopewell tradition begins in what is now Ohio c. this date.
• Teotihuacan, at the center of Mexico, reaches a population of 50,000.
• The Moche civilization emerges, and starts building a society in present-day Peru.

By topic

Arts and sciences

• In China, the wheelbarrow makes its first appearance.
• Main hall, Markets of Trajan, Rome, is made (until AD 112).

Religion

• Appearance of the first Christian dogma and formulas regarding morality.
• The Gospel of John is widely believed to have been written around this date.[1]
• The compilation of the Kama sutra begins in India.
• The Temple of the God of Medicine is built in Anguo, China.
• The Fourth Buddhist Council is convened c. this year.

Births

• Fa Zhen (or Gaoqing), Chinese scholar (d. 188)
• Faustina the Elder, Roman empress
• Justin Martyr, Christian apologist and saint (approximate date)
• Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Roman grammarian, rhetorician and advocate (d. 170)
• Ptolemy, Greek astrologer, astronomer, geographer and mathematician (d. 170)
• Quintus Junius Rusticus, Roman teacher and politician (approximate date)
• Quintus Tineius Sacerdos Clemens, Roman politician (approximate date)

Deaths

• Agrippa II, Jewish king of Judea (b. AD 27)
• Apollonius of Tyana, Greek philosopher (b. AD 15)
• Josephus, Jewish historian and writer (b. AD 37)
• John the Apostle of Jesus Christ (b. AD 6)
• Wang Chong, Chinese philosopher (b. AD 27)

References

1. Asimov's Guide to the Bible, page 954.