173

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century – 2nd century – 3rd century
Decades:	140s  150s  160s  – 170s –  180s  190s  200s
Years:	170 171 172 – 173 – 174 175 176

173 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	173 CLXXIII
Ab urbe condita	926
Assyrian calendar	4923
Balinese saka calendar	94–95
Bengali calendar	−420
Berber calendar	1123
Buddhist calendar	717
Burmese calendar	−465
Byzantine calendar	5681–5682
Chinese calendar	壬子年 (Water Rat) 2869 or 2809     — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2870 or 2810
Coptic calendar	−111 – −110
Discordian calendar	1339
Ethiopian calendar	165–166
Hebrew calendar	3933–3934
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	229–230
- Shaka Samvat	94–95
- Kali Yuga	3273–3274
Holocene calendar	10173
Iranian calendar	449 BP – 448 BP
Islamic calendar	463 BH – 462 BH
Javanese calendar	49–50
Julian calendar	173 CLXXIII
Korean calendar	2506
Minguo calendar	1739 before ROC 民前1739年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1295
Seleucid era	484/485 AG
Thai solar calendar	715–716
Tibetan calendar	阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 299 or −82 or −854     — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 300 or −81 or −853

Year 173 (CLXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Gnaeus Claudius Severus and Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus become Roman Consuls.
• June 11 – Emperor Marcus Aurelius begins a battle against the Quadi.
• Avidius Cassius, the governor of Syria, stops shepherds known as the boukoloi.

Births

• Maximinus Thrax, Roman emperor (d. 238)
• Mi Heng (d. 200)
• Sun Ben, nephew of Sun Jian (d. 209)
• Yuan Tan, eldest son of Yuan Shao (d. 205)