221

Year 221 (CCXXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gratus and Vitellius (or, less frequently, year 974 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 221 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
221 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar221
CCXXI
Ab urbe condita974
Assyrian calendar4971
Balinese saka calendar142–143
Bengali calendar−372
Berber calendar1171
Buddhist calendar765
Burmese calendar−417
Byzantine calendar5729–5730
Chinese calendar庚子年 (Metal Rat)
2917 or 2857
     to 
辛丑年 (Metal Ox)
2918 or 2858
Coptic calendar−63 – −62
Discordian calendar1387
Ethiopian calendar213–214
Hebrew calendar3981–3982
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat277–278
 - Shaka Samvat142–143
 - Kali Yuga3321–3322
Holocene calendar10221
Iranian calendar401 BP – 400 BP
Islamic calendar413 BH – 412 BH
Javanese calendar99–100
Julian calendar221
CCXXI
Korean calendar2554
Minguo calendar1691 before ROC
民前1691年
Nanakshahi calendar−1247
Seleucid era532/533 AG
Thai solar calendar763–764
Tibetan calendar阳金鼠年
(male Iron-Rat)
347 or −34 or −806
     to 
阴金牛年
(female Iron-Ox)
348 or −33 or −805
Statue of Liu Bei in the temple of Zhuge Liang, Chengdu (China)

Events

Roman Empire

  • June 26 Emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir, and receives the title of Caesar.
  • July Elagabalus is forced to divorce Aquilia Severa, and marries his third wife Annia Faustina. After five months he returns to Severa, and claims that the original divorce is invalid. The marriage is symbolic, because Elagabalus appears to be homosexual or bisexual. According to the historian Cassius Dio, he has a stable relationship with his chariot driver, the slave Hierocles.

Asia

Births

  • Liu Ling, Chinese poet and scholar (d. 300)
  • Yang Hu, Chinese general and politician (d. 278)

Deaths

  • August 4 Lady Zhen, Chinese noblewoman (b. 183)
  • Dong He (or Youzai), Chinese official and politician
  • Mi Zhu, Chinese general and politician (b. 165)
  • Yu Jin, Chinese general serving under Cao Cao
  • Zhang Fei, Chinese general and politician

References

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