166 BC Chr.
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 The Maccabees under Judas Maccabeus celebrate their first victories in their revolt against the Seleucid Empire . |
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| 166 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 378/379 (southern Buddhism); 377/378 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 42nd (43rd) cycle , year of the wood-pig 乙亥 ( at the beginning of the year wood-dog 甲戌) |
| Greek calendar | 2nd / 3rd Year of the 153rd Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3595/96 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DLXXXVIII (588) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 145/146 (New Year April); Syria: 146/147 (turn of the year October) |
Events
- The uprising of the Maccabees under Judas Maccabeus against Antiochus IV and the Seleucid Empire expands.
Died
- Mattatias , Jewish priest and freedom fighter