165 BC Chr.
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 The Maccabees found the Hasmonean Kingdom under Judas Maccabeus . |
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| 165 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 379/380 (southern Buddhism); 378/379 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 42nd (43rd) cycle , year of the fire-rat 丙子 ( at the beginning of the year wood-pig 乙亥) |
| Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 153rd Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3596/97 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DLXXXIX (589) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 146/147 (turn of the year April); Syria: 147/148 (New Year October) |
Events
- Revolt of the Maccabees against the Seleucid Empire . The uprising is successful and leads to the establishment of the Jewish kingdom of the Hasmoneans .
- (um) Menandros becomes ruler of the Indo-Greek kingdom .
- After the death of Phraates I, his brother Mithridates I became ruler of the Parthian Empire.
Died
- around 165 BC Chr .: Phraates I , ruler of the Parthian Empire