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Year 159 (CLIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time in Roman territories, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Quintillus and Priscus (or, less frequently, year 912 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 159 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 =
== India ==
- In India, the reign of Shivashri Satakarni, as King Satavahana of Andhra, begins.{{cite book |last1=Daniélou |first1=Alain |title=A Brief History of India |date=2003 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-59477-794-3 |page=116 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xlwoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT116 |language=en}}
Births
- December 30 – Lady Bian, wife of Cao Cao (d. 230){{cite book |title=A History of Chinese Letters and Epistolary Culture |date=2015 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-29212-3 |page=137 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VTq2CAAAQBAJ&pg=PA137 |language=en}}
- Annia Aurelia Fadilla, daughter of Marcus Aurelius
- Gordian I, Roman emperor (d. 238){{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Barry |title=Dictionary of World Biography: Fifth edition |date=2018 |publisher=ANU Press |isbn=978-1-76046-219-2 |page=349 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DO1fDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA349 |language=en}}
- Lu Zhi, Chinese general (d. 192)
Deaths
- Liang Ji, Chinese general and regent{{cite book |last1=Crespigny |first1=Rafe de |title=Fire over Luoyang: A History of the Later Han Dynasty 23-220 AD |date=2016 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-32520-3 |page=269 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jSJ4DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA269 |language=en}}
- Liang Nüying, Chinese empress{{cite book |last1=Lee |first1=Lily Xiao Hong |last2=Stefanowska |first2=A. D. |last3=Wiles |first3=Sue |title=Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Antiquity Through Sui, 1600 B.C.E. - 618 C.E |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-47590-3 |page=308 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OH6sBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT308 |language=en}}