Year 186 (
CLXXXVI) was a
common year starting on Saturday of the
Julian calendar
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. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Glabrio (or, less frequently, year 939 ''
Ab urbe condita
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''). The denomination 186 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the
Anno Domini
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calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
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 Taupō and makes skies red across the world. However, recent radiocarbon dating by R. Sparks has put the date at 233 AD ± 13 (95% confidence).
Births
*
Ma Liang, Chinese official of the
Shu Han state (d.
222)
Deaths
*
April 21 –
Apollonius the Apologist, Christian
martyr
*
Bian Zhang, Chinese official and general (b.
133)
*
Paccia Marciana, Roman noblewoman (approximate date)
[ Birley, Anthony R. (1999) 971 ''Septimius Severus: The African Emperor.'' London: Routledge. , page 75]
*
Sohaemus, Roman client king of
Armenia
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References
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