Timeline History

The 2nd century

358 recorded events across 78 years of the 2nd century, 101 to 200. 279 of them are dated to a specific year; the rest are recorded only as belonging to the 2nd century. The largest categories are people (297), wars & conflicts (34) and empires & countries (7).

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Busiest years

Every year in the 2nd century

Years with no recorded events are omitted. The number is how many events are dated precisely to that year; entries known only to a century or decade are listed on the year page separately.