176

This article is about the year 176. For the number, see 176 (number). For other uses, see 176 (disambiguation).

Year 176 (CLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday 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.

176 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	176 CLXXVI
Ab urbe condita	929
Assyrian calendar	4926
Balinese saka calendar	97–98
Bengali calendar	−418 – −417
Berber calendar	1126
Buddhist calendar	720
Burmese calendar	−462
Byzantine calendar	5684–5685
Chinese calendar	乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2873 or 2666     — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 2874 or 2667
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	ཤིང་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Wood-Hare) 302 or −79 or −851     — to — མེ་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Fire-Dragon) 303 or −78 or −850

Events

By place

Roman Empire

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

Births

• Fa Zheng, Chinese nobleman and adviser (d. 220)^[4]
• Liu Bian, Chinese emperor of the Han dynasty (d. 190)
• Ma Chao, Chinese general and warlord (d. 222)

Deaths

• Faustina the Younger, Roman empress (b. AD 130)
• Marcus Macrinius Avitus Catonius Vindex, Roman politician