General
Population: Between 190 and 230 million*
- Religion: Pope Alexander I dies and Pope Sixtus I appointed
- Deaths: Emperor Trajan (or 116), Pope Alexander I
Europe
- Roman Empire: Greatest extent of empire as Trajan makes river Tigris the eastern boundary and founds new provinces in Mesopotamia and Assyria
Middle East
- Mesopotamia: End of Adiabene kingdom as Rome conquers
- Palestine: End of first Jewish revolt
Hadrian renames Jerusalem "Aelia Capitolina"