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Events

By Place

Asia

• The Prince of Hongnong succeeds Han Lingdi as Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty.
• Dong Zhuo has the Prince of Hongnong poisoned and installs Han Xiandi as emperor.
• One general slaughters 2,000 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 the 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.

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