269

This article is about the year 269. For the number, see269 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	240s 250s 260s 270s 280s
Years:	266 267 268 269 270 271 272

269 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	269 CCLXIX
Ab urbe condita	1022
Assyrian calendar	5019
Balinese saka calendar	190–191
Bengali calendar	−324
Berber calendar	1219
Buddhist calendar	813
Burmese calendar	−369
Byzantine calendar	5777–5778
Chinese calendar	Mậu tửNăm (EarthRat) 2966 or 2759 — to — Mình xấu năm (EarthOx) 2967 or 2760
Coptic calendar	−15 – −14
Discordian calendar	1435
Ethiopian calendar	261–262
Hebrew calendar	4029–4030
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	325–326
-Shaka Samvat	190–191
-Kali Yuga	3369–3370
Holocene calendar	10269
Iranian calendar	353 BP – 352 BP
Islamic calendar	364 BH – 363 BH
Javanese calendar	148–149
Julian calendar	269 CCLXIX
Korean calendar	2602
Minguo calendar	1643 beforeROC Dân trước 1643 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−1199
Seleucid era	580/581AG
Thai solar calendar	811–812
Tibetan calendar	Dương thổ chuột năm (male Earth-Rat) 395 or 14 or −758 — to — Âm trâu đất năm (female Earth-Ox) 396 or 15 or −757

EmperorPostumus(r. 260–269)

Year269(CCLXIX) was acommon year starting on Friday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Claudius and Paternus(or, less frequently,year 1022Ab urbe condita). The denomination 269 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

• Second Gothic invasion: TheGothsand otherGerman tribesattackBosphoreantowns on the coast of theBlack Sea.Some 2,000 ships and 320,000 men from theDanubeenter Roman territory. EmperorClaudius IIdefeats the invaders and receives the title Gothicus for his triumph. Many of the prisoners will serve in theRoman legionsand settle in vacant lands in theDanubian provinces.
• Claudius II travels toSirmiumand prepares a war against theVandals,who raidPannonia.
• TheHerulicaptureAthensand raid theAegean Islandsas far asCreteandRhodes.
• Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumusis killed by his own troops, after not allowing them to sack the city of Mogontiacum.

Near East

• QueenZenobiaconquersSyria,Palestine,Lebanon,parts of Mesopotamia and Anatolia andEgypt,giving her control of Rome'sgrainsupply. ThelibraryatAlexandriais partly burned during a raid byZabdas,general of Zenobia.

By topic

Religion

• January 5– PopeFelix IsucceedsDionysiusas the 26th pope ofRome.
• Paul of Samosatais deposed asPatriarch of Antioch(though he is not removed until272).

Births

• Chi Jian(orDaohui), Chinese general (d.339)
• Murong Hui,Chinese general and politician (d.333)

Deaths

• Jingū,Japanese empress andregent(b.169)
• Justin the Confessor,Christian priest and martyr
• Liu Yin(orXiuran), Chinese general and administrator
• Lu Kai(orJingfeng), Chinese general and politician (b.198)
• Marcus Aurelius Marius,Gallic general and emperor
• Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus,Gallic emperor
• Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus,Gallic emperor andusurper
• Wang Xiang(orXiuzheng), Chinese politician (b.185)
• Xin Xianying,Chinese noblewoman and advisor (b.191) saint valentine (b.226)