176

Year 176 (CLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Proculus and Aper (or, less frequently, year 929 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 176 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 176. For the number, see 176 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century 2nd century 3rd century
Decades:	150s 160s 170s 180s 190s
Years:	173 174 175 176 177 178 179

176 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	176 CLXXVI
Ab urbe condita	929
Assyrian calendar	4926
Balinese saka calendar	97–98
Bengali calendar	−417
Berber calendar	1126
Buddhist calendar	720
Burmese calendar	−462
Byzantine calendar	5684–5685
Chinese calendar	乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2872 or 2812     — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 2873 or 2813
Coptic calendar	−108 – −107
Discordian calendar	1342
Ethiopian calendar	168–169
Hebrew calendar	3936–3937
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	232–233
- Shaka Samvat	97–98
- Kali Yuga	3276–3277
Holocene calendar	10176
Iranian calendar	446 BP – 445 BP
Islamic calendar	460 BH – 459 BH
Javanese calendar	52–53
Julian calendar	176 CLXXVI
Korean calendar	2509
Minguo calendar	1736 before ROC 民前1736年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1292
Seleucid era	487/488 AG
Thai solar calendar	718–719
Tibetan calendar	阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 302 or −79 or −851     — to — 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 303 or −78 or −850

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• November 27 – Marcus Aurelius grants Commodus the rank of Imperator and makes him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions.[1]
• December 23 – Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his son Commodus enter Rome after a campaign north of the Alps and receive a triumph for their victories over the Germanic tribes.[2]
• Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius is made. It is now kept at Museo Capitolini in Rome (approximate date).[3]

Births

• Fa Zheng, adviser to the Han dynasty warlord Liu Bei (d. 220)[4]
• Liu Bian, Han dynasty emperor (d. 190)
• Ma Chao, general of the Shu Han state in the Three Kingdoms period (d. 222)

Deaths

References

1. McLynn, Frank (2009). Marcus Aurelius: warrior, philosopher, emperor. Bodley Head. p. 400.
2. Long, George; Flint, W. Russell (2005). The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. Kessinger Publishing. p. xvii. ISBN 978-1-4179-6410-9.
3. Bowman, Alan K.; Garnsey, Peter; Rathbone, Dominic (2000). The Cambridge ancient history: The High Empire, A.D. 70–192 (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 981. ISBN 978-0-521-26335-1.
4. Lühmann, Werner (2003). Konfuzius: aufgeklärter Philosoph oder reaktionärer Moralapostel? : der Bruch in der Konfuzius-Rezeption der deutschen Philosophie des ausgehenden 18. und beginnenden 19. Jahrhunderts. Harrassowitz. p. 68. ISBN 978-3-447-04753-1.