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First Millennium
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The first millennium of the Common Era began on January 1 1 and ended on 31 December 1000 , the Gregorian calendar.
Summary |
Events
- Approximately 30 : Death of Jesus Christ Significant Figures
first century
- Jesus of Nazareth , for Christians, the son of God, and Muslims, a prophet.
- Nero (Anzio, 37 - Rome , 68 ), Roman emperor ( 54 - 68 ).
- Pliny the Elder ( 23 - 79 ), naturalist, astronomer, anthropologist, psychologist in Rome.
- Flavius Josephus ( 37 -ca 100 ), general and historian.
- Plutarch ( 46 - 125 ), Greek historian.
- Cai Lun (ca 50 -ca 121 ), Chinese Minister of Agriculture, codifies the art of making paper.
- Epictetus ( 50 - 130 ), Greek philosopher of the Stoic school, the influence of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius.
- Trajan , 53 - 117 , Roman emperor.
- Suetonius (cca 69-125), Roman historian.
Second century
- Zhang Heng ( 78 - 139 ), Chinese mathematician and astronomer.
- Ptolemy ( 90 - 168 ), geographer, astronomer and astrologer Greek.
- Galen ( 131 - 201 ), Greek physician, considered one of the fathers of medicine, with a lasting influence on medicine Muslim, Jewish and Christian Middle Ages.
- Tertullian ( 155 - 230 ), theologian , Father of the Church.
Third century
- Plotinus ( 205 - 270 ) Egyptian philosopher.
- Aurelian ( 215 - 275 ), Roman emperor ( 270 - 275 ).
- Diocletian ( 245 - 313 ), Roman emperor ( 284 - 305 ), implements the tetrarchy : an Augustus and a Caesar for the two parts of the empire, Western and Eastern.
Fourth century
- Constantine I ( 280 - 337 ), Roman emperor ( 306 - 337 ).
- St. Liboire , ( IV century ), bishop of Le Mans , patron saint of the cathedral and the diocese of Paderborn , the links between Le Mans and Paderborn are the forerunner of twinning.
- John Chrysostom (between 344 and 354 - 407 ): Bishop of Constantinople.
- Stridon Jerome ( 340 - 420 ), translator of the Bible in Latin , Father of the Church.
Fifth century
- Martianus Capella , the cause of liberal arts.
- Saint Augustine ( 354 - 430 ), Bishop of Hippo , philosopher, theologian.
- St. Patrick ( 389 - 461 ), evangelist of Ireland.
- Attila ( 395 - 453 ) King of the Huns.
- Remigius Remi or Saint ( 437 - 532 or 533 ), bishop of Reims , the patron of France, was baptized Clovis I to Rheims to Christmas between 496 and 499.
VI century
- Boethius ( 470 - 525 ), Roman philosopher, founder of quadrivium in the liberal arts.
- Saint Benedict (ca 480 -ca 547 ), founder of the Benedictine order ( Rule of St. Benedict ), patron of Europe.
- Cassiodorus ( 485 - 580 ), author of the Institutiones, structured the liberal arts.
- Saint Gregory of Tours ( 538 - 594 ), bishop of Tours , historian.
- Saint Columba ( 543 - 615 ), an Irish monk.
Seventh century
- Isidore of Seville (between 560 and 579 - 636 ), bishop of Seville , curator of ancient culture, proposed in 2001 as the patron saint of the Internet.
- Gregory I the Great ( 532 - 604 ), pope, introduced Christianity in the arts.
- Muhammad (c. 570 - 632 ) founding prophet of Islam.
- Justinian I ( 482 - 565 ), Byzantine emperor , who wrote a codification of law known as the Justinian Code , a builder of churches and fortifications.
Eighth century
- Venerable Bede ( 672 - 735 ), Anglo-Saxon monk, historian, theologian, contributed to the liberal arts , especially in rhetoric and dialectic , and created the computation.
- Pepin the Short ( 715 - 768 ), king of the Franks.
- Alcuin ( 730 - 804 ), English religious, one of the main advisers of Charlemagne , theologian.
- Charlemagne , king of the Franks , King of Italy, founder of the Western Empire.
- Abu al-Abbas , said did Saffah ( 750 - 754 ), the first Caliph Abbasid.
- Abu Jafar al-Mansur ( 754 - 777 ) sets the capital to Baghdad ( 762 ).
- Harun ar-Rashid ( 786 - 809 ) illustrates Caliph Abbasid.
Ninth century
- Aniane Benedict ( 750 - 821 ), religious reformer.
- Louis I the Pious ( Chasseneuil , 778 - near Ingelheim , June 20 840 ) king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor ( 814 - 840 ).
- Al-Khwarizmi ( 783 - 850 ) Arab mathematician and astronomer.
- Cyril (or Constantine the Philosopher) ( 827 or 828 - 869 ) and method (815 or 820-6 April 885), evangelists of the Slavic peoples, the inventors of the Cyrillic alphabet, patrons of Europe.
- Al-Kindi ( 801 - 873 ), Arab philosopher and scientist, author of numerous treaties (philosophy, medicine, mathematics, music, ...).
Tenth century
- Bernon ( 850 - 925 ), founder of the Abbey of Cluny.
- Rollo ( Maer , v. 860 - c. 933 ), browser Viking , signed the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte ( 911 ), founder of the dynasty of the counts of Rouen , then the Dukes of Normandy.
- Al-Razi ( 864 - 930 ), Iranian scientist.
- Al-Farabi ( 872 - 950 ), Arabian philosopher, studying Plato and Aristotle , considered the second teacher after Aristotle by Averroes.
- Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor ( 912 - 973 ), emperor of the Romans.
- Gerbert of Aurillac (ca 938 - 1003 ) philosopher, mathematician, astronomer French, archbishop of Reims and Ravenna , became pope in 999 under the name of Sylvester II.
- Eric the Red ( Jaed , v. 940 - Greenland , ca 1010 ), browser Viking , discoverer of Greenland.
Inventions, discoveries, introduction
- Codification of the art of making paper (China, already known in the second century BC.).
first century
- Seismograph , the first rudimentary device for measuring seismic, the "seismoscopes" invented by a Chinese mathematician and astronomer, Zhang Heng.
Second century
Fifth century
- Liberal Arts , split between the trivium and quadrivium by Martianus Capella.
VI century
- Trivium by Cassiodorus.
- Quadrivium , scientific disciplines of the liberal arts, by Boethius.
Eighth century
- Comput , by the Venerable Bede.
Ninth century
- Fireworks in China.
Tenth century
- Pendulum , introduced by Gerbert of Aurillac (Sylvester II).
- Clock , made by Gerbert of Aurillac (Sylvester II).
- Abacus , made by Gerbert of Aurillac (Sylvester II).
References
- Maybe Friday, 3 April 33, just before a total lunar eclipse.

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