120

This article is about the year. For other uses, see number 120.

Years: 116 117 118 119 - 120 - 121 122 123 124

Decades: 90s 100s 110s - 120s - 130s 140s 150s

Centuries: 1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century

Events

• Change of era name from Yuanchu (7th year) to Yongning of the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty.
• Roman Emperor Hadrian visits Britain
• Foss Dyke is constructed in Britain

Births

• Irenaeus, Christian bishop and apologist
• Lucian, Syrian rhetorician and satirist, writing in the Greek language.

Deaths

• Plutarch, Greek historian
• Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian (approximate date)
• Dio Chrysostom, Greek historian

See also: 120, 100s, 110s, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120 (number), 120s