22 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (20)
Zhang Jue of Julu proclaimed himself 'Great Heaven' (Huangtian); 360,000 followers wearing yellow headbands rebelled on the same day (the Yellow Turbans). (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷8 孝靈帝紀 中平1年)
Zhang Mancheng, a Yellow Turban of Nanyang, attacked and killed the administrator of the commandery, Chu Gong. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷8 孝靈帝紀 中平1年)
Lu Zhi crushed the Yellow Turbans and besieged Zhang Jue at Guangzong, but he was punished because of slander by the eunuchs; Dong Zhuo then attacked and failed to win. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷8 孝靈帝紀 中平1年)
Huangfu Song fought the Yellow Turbans at Guangzong, captured Zhang Jue's younger brother Zhang Liang, and beheaded Zhang Jue's already-dead corpse. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷8 孝靈帝紀 中平1年)
Bei Gong Bo Yu rebelled together with the Xianling Qiang, appointed Bian Zhang and Han Sui as commanders, and killed Ling Zheng, Commandant of Huqiang, and Chen Yi, Governor of Jincheng. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷8 孝靈帝紀 中平1年)
Late in the Guanghe era, when the Yellow Turban rebels rose, he became a Captain of Cavalry and suppressed the rebels in Yingchuan. (Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) 魏書 武帝紀 (卷01) 中平1년)
War with barbarians beyond Dacia: Albinus and Niger, later rivals of Severus, won fame (Cassius Dio, Roman History 73(72).8.1)
Western Europe (1)
British tribes crossed the wall, plundered and destroyed a general and his troops; alarmed, Commodus sent Ulpius Marcellus (Cassius Dio, Roman History 73(72).8.2)
Changes of power ◆
Places where the world territory data shows a change of borders in this year.
◆ Protectorate of the Western Regions takes 261,400 km² of former Kushan Empire land
◆ Satavahana dynasty takes 140,100 km² of former Western Satraps land
◆ Kushan Empire loses 261,400 km² to Protectorate of the Western Regions
◆ Western Satraps loses 140,100 km² to Satavahana dynasty