159

Year 159 (CLIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time in Roman territories, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Quintillus and Priscus (or, less frequently, year 912 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 159 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.

This article is about the year 159. For the number, see 159 (number). For the year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar, see 159 BC. For the New Jersey bus, see 159 (New Jersey bus).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century 2nd century 3rd century
Decades:	130s 140s 150s 160s 170s
Years:	156 157 158 159 160 161 162

159 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	159 CLIX
Ab urbe condita	912
Assyrian calendar	4909
Balinese saka calendar	80–81
Bengali calendar	−434
Berber calendar	1109
Buddhist calendar	703
Burmese calendar	−479
Byzantine calendar	5667–5668
Chinese calendar	戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 2855 or 2795     — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 2856 or 2796
Coptic calendar	−125 – −124
Discordian calendar	1325
Ethiopian calendar	151–152
Hebrew calendar	3919–3920
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	215–216
- Shaka Samvat	80–81
- Kali Yuga	3259–3260
Holocene calendar	10159
Iranian calendar	463 BP – 462 BP
Islamic calendar	477 BH – 476 BH
Javanese calendar	35–36
Julian calendar	159 CLIX
Korean calendar	2492
Minguo calendar	1753 before ROC 民前1753年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1309
Seleucid era	470/471 AG
Thai solar calendar	701–702
Tibetan calendar	阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 285 or −96 or −868     — to — 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 286 or −95 or −867

Events

By place

India

• In India, the reign of Shivashri Satakarni, as King Satavahana of Andhra, begins.[1]

Births

• December 30 – Lady Bian, wife of Cao Cao (d. 230)[2]
• Gordian I, Roman emperor (d. 238)[3]

Deaths

• Liang Ji, Chinese general and regent[4]
• Empress Liang Nüying, Chinese empress[5]

References

1. Daniélou, Alain (2003). A Brief History of India. Simon and Schuster. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-59477-794-3.
2. A History of Chinese Letters and Epistolary Culture. BRILL. 2015. p. 137. ISBN 978-90-04-29212-3.
3. Jones, Barry (2018). Dictionary of World Biography: Fifth edition. ANU Press. p. 349. ISBN 978-1-76046-219-2.
4. Crespigny, Rafe de (2016). Fire over Luoyang: A History of the Later Han Dynasty 23-220 AD. BRILL. p. 269. ISBN 978-90-04-32520-3.
5. Lee, Lily Xiao Hong; Stefanowska, A. D.; Wiles, Sue (2015). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Antiquity Through Sui, 1600 B.C.E. - 618 C.E. Routledge. p. 308. ISBN 978-1-317-47590-3.