181

This article is about the year 181. For the number, see 181 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century – 2nd century – 3rd century
Decades:	150s  160s  170s  – 180s –  190s  200s  210s
Years:	178 179 180 – 181 – 182 183 184

181 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

181 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	181 CLXXXI
Ab urbe condita	934
Assyrian calendar	4931
Bengali calendar	−412
Berber calendar	1131
Buddhist calendar	725
Burmese calendar	−457
Byzantine calendar	5689–5690
Chinese calendar	庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2877 or 2817     — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2878 or 2818
Coptic calendar	−103 – −102
Discordian calendar	1347
Ethiopian calendar	173–174
Hebrew calendar	3941–3942
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	237–238
- Shaka Samvat	103–104
- Kali Yuga	3282–3283
Holocene calendar	10181
Iranian calendar	441 BP – 440 BP
Islamic calendar	455 BH – 454 BH
Julian calendar	181 CLXXXI
Korean calendar	2514
Minguo calendar	1731 before ROC 民前1731年
Seleucid era	492/493 AG
Thai solar calendar	723–724

Year 181 (CLXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Burrus (or, less frequently, year 934 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 181 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

• Imperator Lucius Aurelius Commodus and Lucius Antistius Burrus become Roman Consuls.
• The Antonine Wall is overrun in Britannia.

Oceania

• The volcano associated with Lake Taupo in New Zealand erupts, one of the largest on Earth in the last 5,000 years. The effects of this eruption are seen as far away as Rome and China.

Births

• Chen Shi, general of Shu
• Emperor Xian of Han China (d. 234)
• Zhuge Liang, celebrated advisor of Liu Bei (d. 234)

Deaths

• Dong Junya, father of Dong Zhuo (b. 107)
• Tan Shi Huai, leader of the Xianbei tribes (see Wu Hu)