188

This article is about the year 188. For the number, see 188 (number). For the processor, see Intel 80188. For other uses, see 188 (disambiguation).

Year 188 (CLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Fuscianus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 941 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 188 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century 2nd century 3rd century
Decades:	160s 170s 180s 190s 200s
Years:	185 186 187 188 189 190 191

188 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	188 CLXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	941
Assyrian calendar	4938
Balinese saka calendar	109–110
Bengali calendar	−405
Berber calendar	1138
Buddhist calendar	732
Burmese calendar	−450
Byzantine calendar	5696–5697
Chinese calendar	丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2885 or 2678     — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 2886 or 2679
Coptic calendar	−96 – −95
Discordian calendar	1354
Ethiopian calendar	180–181
Hebrew calendar	3948–3949
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	244–245
- Shaka Samvat	109–110
- Kali Yuga	3288–3289
Holocene calendar	10188
Iranian calendar	434 BP – 433 BP
Islamic calendar	447 BH – 446 BH
Javanese calendar	65–66
Julian calendar	188 CLXXXVIII
Korean calendar	2521
Minguo calendar	1724 before ROC 民前1724年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1280
Seleucid era	499/500 AG
Thai solar calendar	730–731
Tibetan calendar	阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 314 or −67 or −839     — to — 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 315 or −66 or −838

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Publius Helvius Pertinax becomes pro-consul of Africa from 188 to 189.

Japan

• Queen Himiko (or Shingi Waō) begins her reign in Japan (until 248).

Births

• April 4 – Caracalla (or Antoninus), Roman emperor (d. 217)
• Lu Ji (or Gongji), Chinese official and politician (d. 219)
• Sun Shao, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (d. 241)

Deaths

• March 17 – Julian, pope and patriarch of Alexandria
• Fa Zhen (or Gaoqing), Chinese scholar (b. AD 100)
• Lucius Antistius Burrus, Roman politician (executed)
• Ma Xiang, Chinese rebel leader (approximate date)
• Publius Atilius Aebutianus, Roman prefect (executed)
• Shusun Tong, Chinese official and ritual specialist
• Qiangqui, Chinese ruler of the southern Xiongnu

See also

• Ab urbe condita
• Roman numerals