261

Year 261 (CCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gallienus and Taurus (or, less frequently, year 1014 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 261 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:
261 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar261
CCLXI
Ab urbe condita1014
Assyrian calendar5011
Balinese saka calendar182–183
Bengali calendar−332
Berber calendar1211
Buddhist calendar805
Burmese calendar−377
Byzantine calendar5769–5770
Chinese calendar庚辰年 (Metal Dragon)
2957 or 2897
     to 
辛巳年 (Metal Snake)
2958 or 2898
Coptic calendar−23 – −22
Discordian calendar1427
Ethiopian calendar253–254
Hebrew calendar4021–4022
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat317–318
 - Shaka Samvat182–183
 - Kali Yuga3361–3362
Holocene calendar10261
Iranian calendar361 BP – 360 BP
Islamic calendar372 BH – 371 BH
Javanese calendar140–141
Julian calendar261
CCLXI
Korean calendar2594
Minguo calendar1651 before ROC
民前1651年
Nanakshahi calendar−1207
Seleucid era572/573 AG
Thai solar calendar803–804
Tibetan calendar阳金龙年
(male Iron-Dragon)
387 or 6 or −766
     to 
阴金蛇年
(female Iron-Snake)
388 or 7 or −765
Quietus (r. 260–261)

Events

Roman Empire

  • Emperor Gallienus crushes the Alemanni at Milan (approximate date).
  • Gallienus repeals the edict of 258, which led to the persecution of the Christians.
  • Gallienus usurpers: The rebellion of Macrianus Major, Macrianus Minor, and Quietus against Gallienus comes to an end. They march from Asia to Europe but they are defeated in Thrace by Gallienus' general Aureolus, and both Macrianus Major and Macrianus Minor are killed. Quietus flees to Emesa, where he is killed by Odaenathus of Palmyra.
  • Roman–Persian Wars: Balista, Roman usurper, collects ships from Cilician ports and defeats a Persian raiding force near Pompeiopolis.

Asia

  • Michu of Silla ascends to the Korean throne of Silla, becoming the first ruler of the Long Kim line.

Births

  • Lu Ji (or Shiheng), Chinese general and politician (d. 303)[1]

Deaths

  • June 9 Wang Ji (or Boyu), Chinese general (b. 190)
  • Lucius Mussius Aemilianus, Roman usurper
  • Macrianus Major, Roman general and usurper
  • Macrianus Minor, Roman consul and usurper
  • Quietus, Roman consul and usurper
  • Valens Thessalonicus, Roman usurper
  • Yang Xi (or Wenran), Chinese politician

References

  1. "Lu Ji's (261–303) Essay on Literature dated 1544 and 1547". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
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