100

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

100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is a common year of the Gregorian calendar. It started on a Friday.

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

AD 100 in other 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

Hundred rupee note India

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).

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

• Europe
  • Lions have become extinct in Europe by this year

• 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

Deaths

• Josephus, Jewish historian
• Agrippa II of Judea