5 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (1)
The Zhongchangshi Hou Lan instigated the accusation of Yu Fang, Du Mi, Li Ying and others as members of the 'hooked faction' (gou dang) and imprisoned them; more than a hundred died. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷8 孝靈帝紀 建寧2年)
Southern Europe (4)
Germans crossed the Rhine and invaded as far as Italy, causing damage; Marcus sent Pompeianus and Pertinax to drive them back, and Pertinax won renown (Cassius Dio, Roman History 72(71).3.2)
Verus, sitting beside his brother Marcus in a carriage from Concordia to Altinum, suddenly dies of apoplexy. (Eutropius, Breviarium Eutr. 8.10)
With the treasury empty, Marcus, to avoid taxing the provinces and the Senate, sells the imperial gold vessels, crystal cups, silk garments and jewels at auction in Trajan's Forum for two months. (Eutropius, Breviarium Eutr. 8.13)
On the way back, Lucius suffers a stroke while riding in a carriage with his brother, and dies (Historia Augusta Marc. 14.8)