194

Year 194 (CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 194 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 194. For the number, see 194 (number). For other uses, see 194 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century 2nd century 3rd century
Decades:	170s 180s 190s 200s 210s
Years:	191 192 193 194 195 196 197

194 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	194 CXCIV
Ab urbe condita	947
Assyrian calendar	4944
Balinese saka calendar	115–116
Bengali calendar	−399
Berber calendar	1144
Buddhist calendar	738
Burmese calendar	−444
Byzantine calendar	5702–5703
Chinese calendar	癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 2890 or 2830     — to — 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 2891 or 2831
Coptic calendar	−90 – −89
Discordian calendar	1360
Ethiopian calendar	186–187
Hebrew calendar	3954–3955
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	250–251
- Shaka Samvat	115–116
- Kali Yuga	3294–3295
Holocene calendar	10194
Iranian calendar	428 BP – 427 BP
Islamic calendar	441 BH – 440 BH
Javanese calendar	71–72
Julian calendar	194 CXCIV
Korean calendar	2527
Minguo calendar	1718 before ROC 民前1718年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1274
Seleucid era	505/506 AG
Thai solar calendar	736–737
Tibetan calendar	阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 320 or −61 or −833     — to — 阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) 321 or −60 or −832

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Imperator Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls.
• Battle of Issus: Emperor Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia and defeats Pescennius Niger, governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch and is executed by Severus' troops.
• Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194-196); the city walls suffer extensive damage.

China

• First year of Xingping era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
• Battle of Yan Province: Cao Cao battles Lü Bu for control over Yan Province. The battle lasts for over one hundred days.

By topic

Arts and sciences

• Galen writes his manual on pathology, The Art of Curing.

Religion

• Irenaeus declares Gnostic doctrines to be heretical.

Births

• Zhu Ju, general of the Eastern Wu state in the Three Kingdoms period (d. 250)

Deaths

• Liu Yan, Han dynasty provincial governor
• Ma Midi, Han dynasty official
• Pescennius Niger, Roman usurper (b. 140)
• Tao Qian, Han dynasty provincial governor (b. 132)

References