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Year of the Metal sheep辛未( at the beginning of the year metal horse庚午)
Syria: 502/503 ( year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Imperial China
- Last year, the Chinese warlord Dong Zhuo has lost on the battlefield against the coalition under Yuan Shao. He decides in this critical situation, to move the capital to Chang'an, which is located strategically. He burns down the capital Luoyang and moved with the imperial court to Chang'an, where he can build a fortress- like castle. In order to finance his lifestyle, and his building projects, Dong Zhuo can melt bronze statues and bells and coins minted from what inflation drives.
- After the battle of Jieqiao close the Koalitionsgeneräle Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan that same year a secret agreement on the sharing of Ji Province. Yuan Shao's troops march in the same year there, and the Governor Han Fu fled to Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu. There he takes his life when he learns that Zhang Miao has the coalition connected under Yuan Shao.
- The alliance with the warlord Yuan Shu General Sun Jian takes on his behalf Liu Biao, governor of Jing Province, at. He defeated his officer Huang to, but gets ambushed the officer Lü Gong and dies. His nephew Sun Ben gathered the troops and returns to Yuan Shu back, which makes him the governor of Yu Province.
Parthian
- 191: V. Vologaeses is ruler of the Parthian.
Science and Technology
- Chinese scientists report on the Great Comet of 191 He reached the end of September or beginning of October, the point nearest the Sun.
Died
- Han Fu, Chinese politician (* 141)
- Sun Jian, Chinese general (* 155)
- Maximian, Bishop of Antioch
- Seimu, Emperor of Japan (* 84)
- 191: Dulius Silanus, Roman politician
- 191: Marcus Petronius Sura Mamertinus, Roman politician
- 191: Marcus Petronius Sura Septimianus, Roman politician