196

This article is about the year 196. For the number, see 196 (number). For other uses, see 196 (disambiguation).

Year 196 (CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 196 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century 2nd century 3rd century
Decades:	170s 180s 190s 200s 210s
Years:	193 194 195 196 197 198 199

196 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	196 CXCVI
Ab urbe condita	949
Assyrian calendar	4946
Balinese saka calendar	117–118
Bengali calendar	−397
Berber calendar	1146
Buddhist calendar	740
Burmese calendar	−442
Byzantine calendar	5704–5705
Chinese calendar	乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 2893 or 2686     — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 2894 or 2687
Coptic calendar	−88 – −87
Discordian calendar	1362
Ethiopian calendar	188–189
Hebrew calendar	3956–3957
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	252–253
- Shaka Samvat	117–118
- Kali Yuga	3296–3297
Holocene calendar	10196
Iranian calendar	426 BP – 425 BP
Islamic calendar	439 BH – 438 BH
Javanese calendar	73–74
Julian calendar	196 CXCVI
Korean calendar	2529
Minguo calendar	1716 before ROC 民前1716年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1272
Seleucid era	507/508 AG
Thai solar calendar	738–739
Tibetan calendar	阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) 322 or −59 or −831     — to — 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 323 or −58 or −830

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily.
• Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity.
• In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul.
• Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed.

China

• First year of the Jian'an Era, during the reign of the Xian Emperor of the Han.
• The Xian Emperor returns to war-ravaged Luoyang and seeks the protection of warlord Cao Cao. He is advised to move the capital to Xuchang; the emperor becomes a pawn in the hands of the Chinese warlords.

Korea

• Naehae becomes king of Silla.

By topic

Religion

• A church council is held in Caesarea over the date of Easter.

Births

• Cao Chong, son of Cao Cao (d. 208)

Deaths

• Beolhyu, Korean ruler of Silla
• Cao Bao, Chinese general and governor
• Chizhi Shizhu Hou, Chinese puppet ruler (b. 150)
• Zhou Xin, Chinese official and politician