119 BC

Millennium:	1st millenniumBC
Centuries:	3rd centuryBC 2nd centuryBC 1st centuryBC
Decades:	130sBC 120sBC 110sBC 100sBC 90sBC
Years:	122BC 121BC 120BC 119BC 118BC 117BC 116BC

119 BC in variouscalendars

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

By place

Roman Republic

• Thesecond Dalmatian warbegins.

China

• 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.
• Government monopolies are established iniron,saltandliquor.

Deaths

• Di Shan,Chinese politician of theHan dynasty
• Li Guang,Chinese general of the Han dynasty