Search results

1891

AD 138: Antoninus Pius succeeds Hadrian as Roman Emperor.

1888

AD 136: The Roman province of Iudaea (plus Galilee) becomes Syria Palaestina; the name Palestine as a designation for this land has been used since at least the 5th century BC (mentioned by Herodotus).

1883

AD 134: Ilseong becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla.

AD 132: Chinese scientist Zhang Heng invents the first seismometer for determining the exact cardinal direction of earthquakes hundreds of miles away; the device employs a series of complex gears around a central swinging pendulum.

1867

AD 130: The Scythian king Rudradaman I reconquers the lands annexed by Gautamiputra from the Andhra.

AD 128: King Gaeru of Baekje succeeds to the throne of Baekje in the Korean peninsula (until 166).

1846

AD 126: Yan Ji, the Empress Anxi, who was the wife of the deceased Emperor An, died after her clan members were killed in the previous year following a power struggle.

AD 121: Cai Lun, a Chinese eunuch court official during the Eastern Han dynasty who was pivotal in the history of paper because of his innovation of adding pulp in the paper-making process, committed suicide after Emperor An assumed power. This was due to Cai Lun's involvement in the death of...

1834