119 BC
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Millennium: | 1st millenniumBC |
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119 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 119 BC CXIX BC |
Ab urbe condita | 635 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXXIIIdynasty,205 |
- Pharaoh | Ptolemy VIII Physcon,27 |
Ancient Greek era | 165thOlympiad,year 2 |
Assyrian calendar | 4632 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −711 |
Berber calendar | 832 |
Buddhist calendar | 426 |
Burmese calendar | −756 |
Byzantine calendar | 5390–5391 |
Chinese calendar | Tân dậuNiên (MetalRooster) 2579 or 2372 — to — Nhâm tuất niên (WaterDog) 2580 or 2373 |
Coptic calendar | −402 – −401 |
Discordian calendar | 1048 |
Ethiopian calendar | −126 – −125 |
Hebrew calendar | 3642–3643 |
Hindu calendars | |
-Vikram Samvat | −62 – −61 |
-Shaka Samvat | N/A |
-Kali Yuga | 2982–2983 |
Holocene calendar | 9882 |
Iranian calendar | 740 BP – 739 BP |
Islamic calendar | 763 BH – 762 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 2215 |
Minguo calendar | 2030 beforeROC Dân tiền 2030 niên |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1586 |
Seleucid era | 193/194AG |
Thai solar calendar | 424–425 |
Tibetan calendar | Âm kim kê niên (female Iron-Rooster) 8 or −373 or −1145 — to — Dương thủy cẩu niên (male Water-Dog) 9 or −372 or −1144 |
Year119 BCwas a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar.At the time it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Dalmaticus and Cotta(or, less frequently,year 635Ab urbe condita) and theFourth Year of Yuanshou.The denomination 119 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Roman Republic
[edit]- Thesecond Dalmatian warbegins.
China
[edit]- Spring:Han Chineseforces under the General-in-ChiefWei Qingand the cavalry generalHuo Qubinginvade theXiongnu Empire.
- Battle of Mobei:Wei Qing crosses theGobi Desert,defeatsYizhixie Chanyuand kills or captures 19,000 Xiongnu.
- Huo Qubing crosses the eastern Gobi, defeats and executes Bijuqi, defeats the Tuqi (Worthy Prince) of the Left (East), and captures three kings. He reaches as far asLake Baikal.
- Failing to reconnoiter with Wei Qing's army, generalLi Guangcommits suicide after learning that Wei has prepared charges against him.
- Emperor Wucreates the rank of Grand Marshal and gives it to both Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, thereby making Huo's rank and salary equal to that of Wei.
- Emperor Wu suspends further campaigning against the Xiongnu due to a shortage of horses.[1][2]
- Government monopolies are established iniron,saltandliquor.
Births
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Deaths
[edit]- Di Shan,Chinese politician of theHan dynasty
- Li Guang,Chinese general of the Han dynasty
References
[edit]- ^Hung, Hing Ming (2020).The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty.Algora. pp. 164–168.ISBN978-1628944167.
- ^Qian, Sima.Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Xiongnu, Section: Wei Qing & Huo Qubing.