263

This article is about the year 263. For the number, see263 (number).For other uses, see263 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	240s 250s 260s 270s 280s
Years:	260 261 262 263 264 265 266

263 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	263 CCLXIII
Ab urbe condita	1016
Assyrian calendar	5013
Balinese saka calendar	184–185
Bengali calendar	−330
Berber calendar	1213
Buddhist calendar	807
Burmese calendar	−375
Byzantine calendar	5771–5772
Chinese calendar	Nhâm ngọNăm (WaterHorse) 2960 or 2753 — to — Quý chưa năm (WaterGoat) 2961 or 2754
Coptic calendar	−21 – −20
Discordian calendar	1429
Ethiopian calendar	255–256
Hebrew calendar	4023–4024
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	319–320
-Shaka Samvat	184–185
-Kali Yuga	3363–3364
Holocene calendar	10263
Iranian calendar	359 BP – 358 BP
Islamic calendar	370 BH – 369 BH
Javanese calendar	142–143
Julian calendar	263 CCLXIII
Korean calendar	2596
Minguo calendar	1649 beforeROC Dân trước 1649 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−1205
Seleucid era	574/575AG
Thai solar calendar	805–806
Tibetan calendar	Dương thủy mã năm (male Water-Horse) 389 or 8 or −764 — to — Âm thủy dương năm (female Water-Goat) 390 or 9 or −763

Three Kingdoms(China)

Year263(CCLXIII) was acommon year starting on Thursday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Albinus and Dexter(or, less frequently,year 1016Ab urbe condita). The denomination 263 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• KingOdenathusofPalmyradeclares himself ruler of the area west of theRiver Euphratesand is declaredDux Orientalisby the Roman emperorGallienus.

Asia

• Conquest of Shu by Wei:The Chinese state ofCao WeiconquersShu Han,one of its two rival states.
• Sima Zhao,regent of theCao Weistate, receives and accepts thenine bestowments,state chancellorship, and the titleDuke of JinfromCao Huan.

By topic

Art and Science

• Chinese mathematicianLiu Huiwrites a commentary onThe Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art,describing what will later be calledGaussian elimination,computingpi,etc.

Deaths

• Gao Rou(orWenhui), Chinese politician (b.174)
• Lady Li(orLishi), Chinese noblewoman
• Liu Chen,Chinese prince of theShu Hanstate
• Ruan Ji,Chinese poet and musician (b.210)
• Zhuge Zhan,Chinese general and politician (b.227)