269
Appearance
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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269 by topic |
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Leaders |
Categories |
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 |
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[1](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
[edit]By place
[edit]Roman Empire
[edit]- 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.[2]
- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Religion
[edit]- January 5– PopeFelix IsucceedsDionysiusas the 26th pope ofRome.
- Paul of Samosatais deposed asPatriarch of Antioch(though he is not removed until272).
Births
[edit]- Chi Jian(orDaohui), Chinese general (d.339)
- Murong Hui,Chinese general and politician (d.333)
Deaths
[edit]- 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)
References
[edit]- ^Weigel, Richard D."Claudius II Gothicus (268-270)".De Imperatoribus Romanis.RetrievedFebruary 7,2024.
- ^Encyclopedia Britannica.1905. p. 754.RetrievedFebruary 7,2024.