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This article is about the year 121. For the number (and other uses), see 121 (number).
Millennium: 1st millennium Centuries: 1st century – 2nd century – 3rd century Decades: 90s 100s 110s – 120s – 130s 140s 150s Years: 118 119 120 – 121 – 122 123 124 121 by topic Politics State leaders – Sovereign states Birth and death categories Births – Deaths Establishment and disestablishment categories Establishments – Disestablishments 121 in other calendars Gregorian calendar 121
CXXIAb urbe condita 874 Armenian calendar N/A Assyrian calendar 4871 Bahá'í calendar -1723–-1722 Bengali calendar -472 Berber calendar 1071 English Regnal year N/A Buddhist calendar 665 Burmese calendar -517 Byzantine calendar 5629–5630 Chinese calendar 庚申年十一月廿五日
(2757/2817-11-25)— to —辛酉年十二月初五日
(2758/2818-12-5)Coptic calendar -163–-162 Ethiopian calendar 113–114 Hebrew calendar 3881–3882 Hindu calendars - Bikram Samwat 177–178 - Shaka Samvat 43–44 - Kali Yuga 3222–3223 Holocene calendar 10121 Iranian calendar 501 BP – 500 BP Islamic calendar 516 BH – 515 BH Japanese calendar Korean calendar 2454 Minguo calendar 1791 before ROC
民前1791年Thai solar calendar 664 Year 121 (CXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Verus and Augur (or, less frequently, year 874 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 121 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.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Roman settlement in present-day Wiesbaden, Germany is first mentioned.
- Emperor Hadrian fixes the border between Roman Britain and Caledonia on a line running from the River Tyne to the Solway Firth.
- Construction of the Temple of Venus and Roma begins in Rome.
Asia
- Era name changes from Yongning (2nd year) to Jianguang in the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty.
Births
- April 26 – Marcus Annius Verus, later the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (d. 180)
Deaths
- Cai Lun, Chinese inventor of paper and the papermaking process (b. 50)
- Empress Deng Sui (b. 81)
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