The 180s decade ran from January 1, 180, to December 31, 189.

Events

180

By place

Roman Empire
Europe
Oceania

By topic

Arts and sciences
  • In his Methodus Medendo, Greek physician Galen describes the connection between paralysis and the severing of the spinal cord.
  • Galen's popular work on hygiene is published.
Religion

181

By place

Roman Empire
Oceania

182

By place

Roman Empire
  • Emperor Commodus escapes death at the hands of assassins, who have attacked him at the instigation of his sister Lucilla and a large group of senators. He puts many distinguished Romans to death on charges of being implicated in the conspiracy; Lucilla is exiled to Capri.

183

By place

184

By place

China
  • The Yellow Turban Rebellion and Liang Province Rebellion break out in China.
  • The Disasters of the Partisan Prohibitions ends.
  • Zhang Jue leads the peasant revolt against Emperor Ling of Han of the Eastern Han dynasty. Heading for the capital of Luoyang, his massive and undisciplined army (360,000 men), burns and destroys government offices and outposts.
  • June Ling of Han places his brother-in-law, He Jin, in command of the imperial army and sends them to attack the Yellow Turban rebels.
  • Winter Zhang Jue dies of illness while his brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang are killed in battles against Han imperial forces. The Yellow Turban rebels become scattered.
  • Last (6th) year of Guanghe era and the start of Zhongping era of the Eastern Han dynasty.
Korea

185

By place

Roman Empire
  • Nobles of Britain demand that Emperor Commodus rescind all power given to Tigidius Perennis, who is eventually executed.
  • Publius Helvius Pertinax is made governor of Britain and quells a mutiny of the British Roman legions who wanted him to become emperor. The disgruntled usurpers go on to attempt to assassinate the governor.
  • Tigidius Perennis, his family and many others are executed for conspiring against Commodus.
  • Commodus drains Rome's treasury to put on gladiatorial spectacles and confiscates property to support his pleasures. He participates as a gladiator and boasts of victory in 1,000 matches in the Circus Maximus.
China

By topic

Art and Science
Religion

186

By place

Roman Empire
  • Peasants in Gaul stage an anti-tax uprising under Maternus.
  • Roman governor Pertinax escapes an assassination attempt, by British usurpers.
New Zealand
  • The Hatepe volcanic eruption extends Lake Taupo and makes skies red across the world. However, recent radiocarbon dating by R. Sparks has put the date at 233 AD ± 13 (95% confidence).

187

By place

Roman Empire

By topic

Religion

188

By place

Roman Empire
Japan

189

By place

Roman Empire
  • Plague (possibly smallpox) kills as many as 2,000 people per day in Rome. Farmers are unable to harvest their crops, and food shortages bring riots in the city.
China

By topic

Arts and sciences
  • Galen publishes his "Treatise on the various temperaments" (aka On the Elements According to Hippocrates).
Religion

Significant people

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References

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  9. Zizhi Tongjian vol. 58.
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