119 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC
Decades:	130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC
Years:	122 BC 121 BC 120 BC 119 BC 118 BC 117 BC 116 BC

119 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	119 BC CXIX BC
Ab urbe condita	635
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 205
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy VIII Physcon, 27
Ancient Greek era	165th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4632
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−711
Berber calendar	832
Buddhist calendar	426
Burmese calendar	−756
Byzantine calendar	5390–5391
Chinese calendar	辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2579 or 2372     — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 2580 or 2373
Coptic calendar	−402 – −401
Discordian calendar	1048
Ethiopian calendar	−126 – −125
Hebrew calendar	3642–3643
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−62 – −61
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2982–2983
Holocene calendar	9882
Iranian calendar	740 BP – 739 BP
Islamic calendar	763 BH – 762 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2215
Minguo calendar	2030 before ROC 民前2030年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1586
Seleucid era	193/194 AG
Thai solar calendar	424–425
Tibetan calendar	阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 8 or −373 or −1145     — to — 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 9 or −372 or −1144

Year 119 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dalmaticus and Cotta (or, less frequently, year 635 Ab urbe condita) and the Fourth Year of Yuanshou. The denomination 119 BC 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 Republic

• The second Dalmatian war begins.

China

• Spring: Han Chinese forces under the General-in-Chief Wei Qing and the cavalry general Huo Qubing invade the Xiongnu Empire.

• Battle of Mobei: Wei Qing crosses the Gobi Desert, defeats Yizhixie Chanyu and kills or captures 19,000 Xiongnu.
• Huo Qubing crosses the eastern Gobi, defeats and executes Bijuqi, defeats the Tuqi (Worthy Prince) of the Left (East), and captures three kings. He reaches as far as Lake Baikal.
• Failing to reconnoiter with Wei Qing's army, general Li Guang commits suicide after learning that Wei has prepared charges against him.
• Emperor Wu creates the rank of Grand Marshal and gives it to both Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, thereby making Huo's rank and salary equal to that of Wei.

• Emperor Wu suspends further campaigning against the Xiongnu due to a shortage of horses.[1][2]
• Government monopolies are established in iron, salt and liquor.

Births

Deaths

• Di Shan, Chinese politician of the Han dynasty
• Li Guang, Chinese general of the Han dynasty

References

1. Hung, Hing Ming (2020). The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty. Algora. pp. 164–168. ISBN 978-1628944167.
2. Qian, Sima. Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Xiongnu, Section: Wei Qing & Huo Qubing.