280

Year 280 (CCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Messalla and Gratus (or, less frequently, year 1033 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 280 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:
280 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar280
CCLXXX
Ab urbe condita1033
Assyrian calendar5030
Balinese saka calendar201–202
Bengali calendar−313
Berber calendar1230
Buddhist calendar824
Burmese calendar−358
Byzantine calendar5788–5789
Chinese calendar己亥年 (Earth Pig)
2976 or 2916
     to 
庚子年 (Metal Rat)
2977 or 2917
Coptic calendar−4 – −3
Discordian calendar1446
Ethiopian calendar272–273
Hebrew calendar4040–4041
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat336–337
 - Shaka Samvat201–202
 - Kali Yuga3380–3381
Holocene calendar10280
Iranian calendar342 BP – 341 BP
Islamic calendar353 BH – 352 BH
Javanese calendar159–160
Julian calendar280
CCLXXX
Korean calendar2613
Minguo calendar1632 before ROC
民前1632年
Nanakshahi calendar−1188
Seleucid era591/592 AG
Thai solar calendar822–823
Tibetan calendar阴土猪年
(female Earth-Pig)
406 or 25 or −747
     to 
阳金鼠年
(male Iron-Rat)
407 or 26 or −746
Reconstructed plan of Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (Cologne)

Events

Roman Empire

  • Roman usurper Proculus starts a rebellion at Lugdunum (Lyon, France), and proclaims himself emperor.
  • Emperor Probus drives the Alans off to Asia Minor and suppresses the revolt in Gaul; Proculus is executed.
  • The Germans destroy the Roman fleet on the Rhine; Bonosus is proclaimed emperor at Colonia Agrippina (Cologne).
  • Probus defeats the army under Bonosus. Bonosus sees no way out and hangs himself. His family is treated with honours.
  • Julius Saturninus, governor of Syria, is in Alexandria, charged with the defense of the East. He is declared emperor and withdraws to Apamea. Probus besieges the city and puts him to death.
  • Roman territory is under constant threat of raids from Franks. The cities in Gaul are reinforced with defensive walls.

Europe

China

  • Emperor Wu of the Jin dynasty completes the unification of China, which was previously divided between three contending powers during the Three Kingdoms period. The Jin dynasty's capital of Luoyang becomes a thriving centre of commerce as foreign diplomats and traders travel there.

Persia

India

Births

Deaths

  • Bonosus, Roman general and usurper
  • Cen Hun, Chinese official and politician
  • Julius Saturninus, Roman usurper
  • Kang Senghui, Chinese monk and translator
  • Lu Jing, Chinese general and writer (b. 250)
  • Maharaja Sri-Gupta of the Gupta Empire
  • Yu Zhong (or Shifang), Chinese general
  • Zhang Ti (or Juxian), Chinese chancellor

References

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