AD 147

This article is about the year 147. For the number, see 147 (number). For the break in snooker, see Maximum break. For the Brazilian car, see Fiat 147. For other uses, see 147 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century 2nd century 3rd century
Decades:	120s 130s 140s 150s 160s
Years:	144 145 146 147 148 149 150

147 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	147 CXLVII
Ab urbe condita	900
Assyrian calendar	4897
Balinese saka calendar	68–69
Bengali calendar	−446
Berber calendar	1097
Buddhist calendar	691
Burmese calendar	−491
Byzantine calendar	5655–5656
Chinese calendar	丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 2844 or 2637     — to — 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 2845 or 2638
Coptic calendar	−137 – −136
Discordian calendar	1313
Ethiopian calendar	139–140
Hebrew calendar	3907–3908
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	203–204
- Shaka Samvat	68–69
- Kali Yuga	3247–3248
Holocene calendar	10147
Iranian calendar	475 BP – 474 BP
Islamic calendar	490 BH – 489 BH
Javanese calendar	22–23
Julian calendar	147 CXLVII
Korean calendar	2480
Minguo calendar	1765 before ROC 民前1765年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1321
Seleucid era	458/459 AG
Thai solar calendar	689–690
Tibetan calendar	阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 273 or −108 or −880     — to — 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 274 or −107 or −879

Year 147 (CXLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Messalinus and Largus (or, less frequently, year 900 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 147 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

• Marcus Aurelius receives imperial powers from the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius.
• Festivals to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the founding of Rome begin.
• Vologases III dies after a 42-year reign in which he has contended successfully with his rivals.
• King Vologases IV, son of Mithridates IV of Parthia, unites under his rule the Parthian Empire.

Asia

• First year of Jianhe of the Chinese Han Dynasty.

Births

• Jia Xu, adviser to many important figures during the Chinese Han Dynasty (d. 223)
• Lokaksema, Kushan Buddhists monk

Deaths

• Vologases III, king of Parthia
• Xu Shen, Chinese author of the Shuowen Jiezi dictionary of etymology (b. 58)