1 BC

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Traditional date (December 25) of birth of Jesus (died about 33) — as assigned by Dionysius Exiguus in his anno Domini era according to most scholars. However, one scholar thinks Dionysius placed the birth of Jesus in year 1.^{[citation needed]} These scholars do not themselves place the birth of Jesus in either year. Both years are derived from Dionysius' ambiguous statement that the consulship of Probus Junior was 525 years since the incarnation of Jesus. Some scholars have suggested that the story of his birth in the New Testament implies that he was born in the spring rather during the winter^{[citation needed]}—shepherds would only tend their flocks to protect new-born lambs, which are born in spring. But Bethlehem was near Jerusalem and many of the sheep used in Temple Sacrifices came from there. The surrounding hills were prime grazing land, and shepherds worked in the area day and night, all year round. Therefore it is not possible to draw any conclusion about the time of year of Christ's birth by the fact that shepherds were living out in the fields.

Herod the Great, according to some interpretations of Josephus. However, Josephus also mentioned an eclipse just before Herod's death, which Kepler dated to 4 BC.