166
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This article is about the year 166. For other uses, see 166 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century |
| Decades: | 130s 140s 150s - 160s - 170s 180s 190s |
| Years: | 163 164 165 - 166 - 167 168 169 |
| 166 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 166 CLXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 919 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1678 – -1677 |
| Berber calendar | 1116 |
| Buddhist calendar | 710 |
| Burmese calendar | -472 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5674 – 5675 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙巳年十一月十二日 (2802/2862-11-12) — to —
丙午年十一月廿二日(2803/2863-11-22) |
| Coptic calendar | -118 – -117 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 158 – 159 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3926 – 3927 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 221 – 222 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 88 – 89 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3267 – 3268 |
| Holocene calendar | 10166 |
| Iranian calendar | 456 BP – 455 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 470 BH – 469 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2499 |
| Thai solar calendar | 709 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] Roman Empire
- Dacia is invaded by barbarians.
- Conflict erupts on the Danube frontier between Rome and the Germanic tribe of the Marcomanni.
- Marcus Aurelius appoints his sons as Caesars, while he and Verus travel to Germany.
- A Roman envoy sent out by emperor Marcus Aurelius arrives by sea in southern China. He travels to the Chinese capital Luoyang and is greeted by Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty.
- End of the war with Parthia: The Parthians leave Armenia and eastern Mesopotamia, which both become Roman protectorates.
[edit] Asia
- King Chogo of Baekje succeeds to the throne of Baekje in the Korean peninsula.
- Scholars who have denounced eunuchs are arrested, killed or banished from the capital and official life in Han Dynasty China. This was the first of the Disasters of Partisan Prohibitions, which ended in 184.
[edit] By Topic
[edit] Religion
- Pope Soter succeeds Pope Anicetus as the twelfth pope.
- Laurence succeeds Alypius as Patriarch of Constantinople.
[edit] Births
- Taishi Ci, first a general under Kong Rong, then Liu Yao, and later under Sun Ce and Sun Quan (d. 206)
