175

This article is about the year 175. For the number, see 175 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century – 2nd century – 3rd century
Decades:	140s  150s  160s  – 170s –  180s  190s  200s
Years:	172 173 174 – 175 – 176 177 178

175 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

175 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	175 CLXXV
Ab urbe condita	928
Assyrian calendar	4925
Bengali calendar	−418
Berber calendar	1125
Buddhist calendar	719
Burmese calendar	−463
Byzantine calendar	5683–5684
Chinese calendar	甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2871 or 2811     — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2872 or 2812
Coptic calendar	−109 – −108
Discordian calendar	1341
Ethiopian calendar	167–168
Hebrew calendar	3935–3936
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	231–232
- Shaka Samvat	97–98
- Kali Yuga	3276–3277
Holocene calendar	10175
Iranian calendar	447 BP – 446 BP
Islamic calendar	461 BH – 460 BH
Julian calendar	175 CLXXV
Korean calendar	2508
Minguo calendar	1737 before ROC 民前1737年
Seleucid era	486/487 AG
Thai solar calendar	717–718

Year 175 (CLXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Piso and Iulianus (or, less frequently, year 928 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 175 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

• Marcus Aurelius suppresses a revolt of Avidius Cassius, governor of Syria, after the latter proclaims himself emperor.
• Avidius Cassius fails in seeking support for his rebellion and is assassinated by Roman officers. They send his head to Aurelius, who persuades the Senate to pardon Cassius's family.
• Commodus, son of Marcus Aurelius and his wife Faustina, is named Caesar.
• M. Sattonius Iucundus, decurio in Colonia Ulpia Traiana, restores the Thermae of Coriovallum (modern Heerlen ) there are sources that state this happened in the 3rd century.

Asia

• Confucian scholars try to ensure their capacity in the royal court of China. They are massacred by the eunuchs.

By topic

Religion

• Pope Eleuterus succeeds Pope Soter as the thirteenth pope (approximate date).

Hemanth

Births

• Cao Ang, eldest son of Cao Cao (d. 197)
• Gan Ning, general of Wu (d. 218)
• Sun Ce, elder brother of founder of the Wu Kingdom, Sun Quan (d. 200)
• Wei Yan, general of Shu (d. 234)
• Yang Xiu, advisor to Cao Cao (d. 219)
• Zhou Yu, militarist and strategist of the Three Kingdoms of China (d. 210)
• Ma Chao, son of Ma Teng, cousin of Ma Dai, brother of Ma Tie and Ma Xie, general and Tiger general of Shu for Liu Bei. (d. 222) (Also said to have been born in 176, giving archaeologist the idea he was born around December or January)

Deaths

• July – Avidius Cassius, Roman Emperor (usurper) (b. c. 130 AD)
• Concordius of Spoleto, Christian martyr
• Faustina the Younger, Roman empress (b. c. 130 AD)