Chronyas has 387 events dated to the 2nd century (101 to 200 CE), during the Ancient civilizations. Below are the most notable ones, in date order.
Most of the events in this century belong to Wars, politics & history and Civilizations & archaeology.
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- from 101 CE to 106 CETrajan's Dacian Wars
- 105 CECai Lun reports the invention of paper
- c. 105 CEPapermaking improved in China
- from 106 CE to 107 CETrajan conquers Dacia
- c. 110sPublication of Parallel Lives
- from 111 CE to 648 CEKucha
- 113 CETrajan's Column
- 113 CEOrigins of Trajan's Market
- from 115 CE to 117 CETrajan's Parthian campaign
- from 115 CE to 117 CEDiaspora Revolt
- 13 December 115 CEAntioch earthquake of 115
- 116 CEOrigins of Philopappos Monument
- 117 CEThe Roman Empire reaches its greatest extent
- 7 August 117 CEDeath of Trajan
- from 11 August 117 CE to 10 July 138 CEHadrian becomes Roman emperor
- 120 CEBirth of Lucian of Samosata
- 120 CEDeath of Plutarch
- 26 April 121 CEBirth of Marcus Aurelius
- 122 CEConstruction of Hadrian's Wall
- 122 CEConstruction of Hadrian's Wall begins
- c. 125 CEOrigins of Edirne
- 1 August 126 CEBirth of Pertinax
- September 129 CEBirth of Galen
- 15 December 130 CEBirth of Lucius Verus
- 131 CEOrigins of Arch of Hadrian
- from 132 CE to 136 CEBar Kokhba revolt
- 132 CEZhang Heng builds the first seismoscope
- 133 CEBirth of Didius Julianus
- 135 CEOrigins of Temple of Venus and Roma
- c. 135 CEConstruction of Castel Sant'Angelo
- from 138 CE to 140 CEHyginus becomes Pope
- 10 July 138 CEDeath of Hadrian
- from 10 July 138 CE to 7 March 161 CEAntoninus Pius becomes Roman emperor
- from 140 CE to 154 CEPius I becomes Pope
- 142 CEConstruction of Antonine Wall
- 142 CEOrigins of Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
- 146 CEBirth of Septimius Severus
- 150 CEBirth of Nagarjuna
- c. 150 CEOrigins of Speyer
- c. 150sPtolemy writes the Almagest
- c. 150 CEEruption of Masaya
- 161 CEOrigins of Odeon of Herodes Atticus
- from 161 CE to 166 CERoman–Parthian War of 161–166
- 161 CEColumn of Antoninus Pius
- from 7 March 161 CE to 17 March 180 CEMarcus Aurelius becomes Roman emperor
- from 7 March 161 CE to 1 March 169 CELucius Verus becomes Roman emperor
- 31 August 161 CEBirth of Commodus
- 162 CEOrigins of Temple of Hercules
- c. 165 CEBirth of Macrinus
- from 165 CE to 180 CEAntonine Plague
- from 166 CE to 180 CEMarcomannic Wars
- from 20 April 168 CE to 1 January 174 CESoter becomes Pope
- 170 CEDeath of Ptolemy
- 173 CEBirth of Maximinus Thrax
- 173 CEEquestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius
- from 175 CE to 189 CEEleuterus becomes Pope
- from 177 CE to 192 CECommodus becomes Roman emperor
- 180 CEPorta Nigra
- 180 CEBirth of Cornelius
- 180 CEEstablishment of Biscayne National Park
- 17 March 180 CEDeath of Marcus Aurelius
- from 184 CE to 205 CEYellow Turban Rebellion
- 185 CEChinese astronomers record the supernova of 185
- 4 April 188 CEBirth of Caracalla
- from 189 CE to 220 CEEnd of the Han dynasty
- from 189 CE to 199 CEVictor I becomes Pope
- from 1 January 193 CE to 28 March 193 CEPertinax becomes Roman emperor
- 193 CEYear of the Five Emperors
- 193 CEColumn of Marcus Aurelius
- from 28 March 193 CE to 1 June 193 CEDidius Julianus becomes Roman emperor
- from 9 April 193 CE to 4 February 211 CESeptimius Severus becomes Roman emperor
- 195 CEEstablishment of Shenandoah National Park
- from 198 CE to 217 CECaracalla becomes Roman emperor
- from 198 CE to 280 CEEastern Wu
- from 199 CE to 217 CEZephyrinus becomes Pope
- 200 CEBirth of Dionysius
- from c. 200 CE to 500 CEChernyakhov culture
- 200 CEBirth of Diophantus of Alexandria
- c. 200 CEBirth of Valerian
- c. 200sTeotihuacan becomes the largest city in the Americas