249

Year 249 (CCXLIX) 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 Gavius and Aquilinus (or, less frequently, year 1002 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 249 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:
249 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar249
CCXLIX
Ab urbe condita1002
Assyrian calendar4999
Balinese saka calendar170–171
Bengali calendar−344
Berber calendar1199
Buddhist calendar793
Burmese calendar−389
Byzantine calendar5757–5758
Chinese calendar戊辰年 (Earth Dragon)
2945 or 2885
     to 
己巳年 (Earth Snake)
2946 or 2886
Coptic calendar−35 – −34
Discordian calendar1415
Ethiopian calendar241–242
Hebrew calendar4009–4010
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat305–306
 - Shaka Samvat170–171
 - Kali Yuga3349–3350
Holocene calendar10249
Iranian calendar373 BP – 372 BP
Islamic calendar384 BH – 383 BH
Javanese calendar127–128
Julian calendar249
CCXLIX
Korean calendar2582
Minguo calendar1663 before ROC
民前1663年
Nanakshahi calendar−1219
Seleucid era560/561 AG
Thai solar calendar791–792
Tibetan calendar阳土龙年
(male Earth-Dragon)
375 or −6 or −778
     to 
阴土蛇年
(female Earth-Snake)
376 or −5 or −777
Emperor Trajan Decius (c. 201–251)

Events

Roman Empire

  • Trajan Decius puts down a revolt in Moesia and Pannonia. Loyal legionaries proclaim him emperor, and he leads them into Italy.
  • Battle of Verona: Decius defeats and kills Emperor Philip the Arab.
  • Decius begins persecuting Christians, and others refusing to participate in Emperor worship.

Asia

  • February 5 Incident at Gaoping Tombs: In the Chinese state of Cao Wei, regent Sima Yi, in a coup d'état, forces his co-regent Cao Shuang to relinquish his power, after taking control of the capital city of Luoyang. Sima Yi issues a memorial, which lists the various crimes he and his associates has committed.

Religion

  • In Alexandria, the populace pillages the homes of Christians.

Births

  • Shi Chong (or Jilun), Chinese politician and statesman

Deaths

  • February 9
    • Bi Gui (or Zhaoxian), Chinese politician
    • Cao Shuang, Chinese general and regent[1]
    • Deng Yang (or Xuanmao), Chinese politician
    • He Yan (or Pingshu), Chinese philosopher
    • Huan Fan (or Yuanze), Chinese general
    • Li Sheng (or Gongzhao), Chinese politician
  • May 18 Jiang Ji (or Zitong), Chinese general
  • Jotapianus (or Jotapian), Roman usurper
  • Ma Zhong (or Dexin), Chinese general and politician
  • Philip II (the Younger), Roman emperor (b. 237)
  • Philip the Arab, Roman general and emperor (b. 204)
  • Quan Cong, Chinese general and politician (b. 198)
  • Wang Bi, Chinese philosopher and politician (b. 226)
  • Xu Miao (or Jingshan), Chinese politician (b. 172)
  • Zhu Ran, Chinese adviser and general (b. 182)

References

  1. Chen, Shou (300). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi ed.). China.
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