169
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This article is about the year 169. For other uses, see 169 (number).
| Centuries: | 1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century |
| Decades: | 130s 140s 150s - 160s - 170s 180s 190s |
| Years: | 166 167 168 - 169 - 170 171 172 |
| 169 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 169 CLXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 922 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1675 – -1674 |
| Berber calendar | 1119 |
| Buddhist calendar | 713 |
| Burmese calendar | -469 |
| Chinese calendar | 2805/2865-11-15 (戊申年十一月十五日) — to —
2806/2866-11-25(己酉年十一月廿五日) |
| Coptic calendar | -115 – -114 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 161 – 162 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3929 – 3930 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 224 – 225 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 91 – 92 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3270 – 3271 |
| Holocene calendar | 10169 |
| Iranian calendar | 453 BP – 452 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 467 BH – 466 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2502 |
| Thai solar calendar | 712 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] China
- Confucian scholars who had denounced the court eunuchs are arrested, killed or banished from the capital of Luoyang and official life during the second episode of the Disasters of Partisan Prohibitions, which did not formally end until 184 with the onslaught of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
[edit] Roman Empire
- Second Marcomanni War: Germanic tribes invade the frontiers of the Roman Empire, specifically the provinces of Raetia and Moesia.
- Northern African Moors invade what is now Spain.
- Marcus Aurelius becomes sole Roman Emperor upon the death of Lucius Verus.
- Galen moves back to Rome for good.
[edit] By Topic
[edit] Religion
- Pertinax succeeds Alypius as Patriarch of Constantinople.
- Theophilus of Antioch becomes Patriarch of Antioch.
[edit] Arts and Sciences
- Lucian demonstrates the absurdity of fatalism.
[edit] Fictional events
[edit] Births
- Cao Hong, cousin of Cao Cao (d. 233)
- Diaochan, responsible for Lu Bu's revolt against Dong Zhuo, possibly a fictional person
- Mi Fang
- Xu Huang, considered one of the top generals of the Kingdom of Wei (d. 227)
- Zhang Liao, considered the top generals of the Kingdom of Wei due to his accomplishments (d. 222)
[edit] Deaths
- Lucius Verus — Roman Co-emperor, in Altinum
