100

This article is about the year 100. For the number, see 100 (number). For other uses, see 100 (disambiguation).

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

100 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

100 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	100 C
Ab urbe condita	853
Armenian calendar	N/A
Assyrian calendar	4850
Bahá'í calendar	−1744 – −1743
Bengali calendar	−493
Berber calendar	1050
English Regnal year	N/A
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	22–23
- Kali Yuga	3201–3202
Holocene calendar	10100
Igbo calendar	−900 – −899
Iranian calendar	522 BP – 521 BP
Islamic calendar	538 BH – 537 BH
Japanese calendar	N/A
Juche calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	100 C
Korean calendar	2433
Minguo calendar	1812 before ROC 民前1812年
Thai solar calendar	643

The eastern hemisphere in 100 AD

The world in 100

Year 100 (C) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Traianus and Frontinus (or, less frequently, year 853 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 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.

Events

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.
• Tiberius 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 have become extinct in the Balkans by this date.

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 circa 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 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.
• 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 circa this year.

Births

• Justin Martyr, Christian apologist (approximate date) (d. c. 165 AD)
• Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Roman grammarian, rhetorician and advocate (d. 170)

Deaths

• Agrippa II of Judea (b. 27)
• Josephus, Jewish historian (b. 37)
• John the Apostle of Jesus Christ (b. 6)