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This article is about the year 166. For the number (and 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 166 in other calendars Gregorian calendar 166
CLXVIAb urbe condita 919 Armenian calendar N/A Assyrian calendar 4916 Bahá'í calendar -1678–-1677 Bengali calendar -427 Berber calendar 1116 English Regnal year N/A 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 - Bikram Samwat 222–223 - 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 Minguo calendar 1746 before ROC
民前1746年Thai solar calendar 709 Year 166 (CLXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pudens and Pollio (or, less frequently, year 919 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 166 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Dacia is invaded by barbarians.
- Conflict erupts on the Danube frontier between Rome and the Germanic tribe of the Marcomanni.
- Emperor Marcus Aurelius appoints his sons as Caesars, while he and Lucius Verus travel to Germany.
- End of the war with Parthia: The Parthians leave Armenia and eastern Mesopotamia, which both become Roman protectorates.
- A plague (possibly small pox), comes from the East and spreads throughout the Roman Empire, lasting for roughly twenty years.
- The Lombards invade Pannonia (modern Hungary). They are quickly dispatched by the Roman Army.
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.
- A Roman envoy arrives by sea in Rinan commandery in southern China (central Vietnam). He travels to the Chinese capital Luoyang and is greeted by Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty.
By topic
Religion
- Pope Soter succeeds Pope Anicetus as the twelfth pope.
- Laurence succeeds Alypius as Patriarch of Constantinople.
Births
- Taishi Ci, first a general under Kong Rong, then Liu Yao, and later under Sun Ce and Sun Quan (d. 206)
Deaths
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