119 BC

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119 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 119 BC
CXIX BC
Ab urbe condita 635
Ancient Egypt era XXXIII dynasty, 205
- Pharaoh Ptolemy VIII Physcon, 27
Ancient Greek era 165th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar 4632
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −711
Berber calendar 832
Buddhist calendar 426
Burmese calendar −756
Byzantine calendar 5390–5391
Chinese calendar 辛酉年 (Metal  Rooster)
2579 or 2372
     to 
壬戌年 (Water  Dog)
2580 or 2373
Coptic calendar −402 – −401
Discordian calendar 1048
Ethiopian calendar −126 – −125
Hebrew calendar 3642–3643
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat −62 – −61
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 2982–2983
Holocene calendar 9882
Iranian calendar 740 BP – 739 BP
Islamic calendar 763 BH – 762 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar N/A
Korean calendar 2215
Minguo calendar 2030 before ROC
民前2030年
Nanakshahi calendar −1586
Seleucid era 193/194 AG
Thai solar calendar 424–425
Tibetan calendar 阴金鸡年
(female Iron-Rooster)
8 or −373 or −1145
     to 
阳水狗年
(male Water-Dog)
9 or −372 or −1144

Year 119 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dalmaticus and Cotta (or, less frequently, year 635 Ab urbe condita ) and the Fourth Year of Yuanshou. The denomination 119 BC 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.

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China

  • Battle of Mobei: Wei Qing crosses the Gobi Desert, defeats Yizhixie Chanyu and kills or captures 19,000 Xiongnu.
  • Huo Qubing crosses the eastern Gobi, defeats and executes Bijuqi, defeats the Tuqi (Worthy Prince) of the Left (East), and captures three kings. He reaches as far as Lake Baikal.
  • Failing to reconnoiter with Wei Qing's army, general Li Guang commits suicide after learning that Wei has prepared charges against him.
  • Emperor Wu creates the rank of Grand Marshal and gives it to both Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, thereby making Huo's rank and salary equal to that of Wei.
  • Emperor Wu suspends further campaigning against the Xiongnu due to a shortage of horses. [1] [2]
  • Government monopolies are established in iron, salt and liquor.

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References

  1. Hung, Hing Ming (2020). The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty. pp. 164–168. ISBN   978-1628944167.
  2. Qian, Sima. Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Xiongnu, Section: Wei Qing & Huo Qubing.