The Nok culture flourished in present-day central Nigeria, known for its terracotta sculptures and as one of the earliest iron-smelting cultures in sub-Saharan Africa.
A Bronze Age and early Iron Age culture of the Red River valley and north-central Vietnam, famous for its bronze drums.
In the desert of southern Peru, the Nazca and earlier cultures create enormous geoglyphs on the ground, best seen in full from above.
Teotihuacan in the Valley of Mexico grows into one of the largest cities in the world of its time, with the Pyramid of the Sun and the Avenue of the Dead.
Germanic tribes led by Arminius annihilate three Roman legions, halting Roman expansion beyond the Rhine.
The regent Wang Mang displaces the Han and proclaims the Xin dynasty, launching land reforms; his regime falls in 23 CE.
Augustus, the first Roman emperor, dies and is succeeded by his adopted son Tiberius.
Trưng Trắc and Trưng Nhị lead a revolt against the Eastern Han and rule Jiaozhi independently, with Trưng Trắc proclaimed queen.
Under Emperor Claudius, Roman forces invade Britain, gradually making much of the island a province of the empire.
Funan emerges in the lower Mekong region, becoming a hub of maritime trade between India and China.
A great fire destroys much of Rome under Emperor Nero, who afterwards blames the city's Christians.
Roman forces under Titus take Jerusalem during the First Jewish–Roman War and destroy the Second Temple.
Mount Vesuvius erupts, burying the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum under ash and pumice and preserving them to this day.
Emperor Titus inaugurates the Flavian Amphitheatre in Rome with games lasting many days.