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Events

By Place

Asia

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

Religion

Births

Deaths

Fictional references

Events

By Place

Asia

★ The Prince of Hongnong succeeds Han Lingdi as Chinese emperor of Han Dynasty.

★ Dong Zhuo has the Prince of Hongnong poisoned and installs Han Xiandi as emperor.

★ One general slaughters 2000 eunuchs in the palace and takes the Han emperor captive.

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

★ Galen publishes his ''"Treatise on the various temperaments"'' (aka ''On the Elements According to Hippocrates'').

Religion

★ Pope Victor I succeeds Pope Eleuterus as the fourteenth pope, the first from Africa.

★ Demetrius of Alexandria becomes Patriarch of Alexandria.

★ Pantaenus, who was sent by the bishop of Alexandria to India to preach Christianity, meets with little success.

Births

★ March 7 — Geta, younger son of the future Roman Emperor Septimius Severus

★ Ling Tong — general of the Chinese Kingdom of Wu

★ Cao Zhang — Chinese general, son of Cao Cao

Deaths

★ Bao Zhong, slain by Hua Xiong

★ Ding Yuan, general of Han Dynasty, killed by his foster son, Lu Bu

★ Empress Dowager Dong

★ Pope Eleuterus

★ He Jin, Han Grand General (assassinated).

★ Empress He, Emperor Ling's second wife

★ Jian Shuo

★ Han Lingdi and Prince of Hongnong, Chinese emperors of Han Dynasty

★ Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, Chinese rebels

★ Zhang Rang, one of the Ten Attendants

★ Zhao Zhong

Fictional references

★ The Battle of Sishui Pass, between the Imperial forces of Dong Zhuo and the coalition forces commanded by Yuan Shao, takes place in the novel ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms''.