350

This article is about the year 350. For the international organisation, see350.org.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	3rd century 4th century 5th century
Decades:	330s 340s 350s 360s 370s
Years:	347 348 349 350 351 352 353

350 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	350 CCCL
Ab urbe condita	1103
Assyrian calendar	5100
Balinese saka calendar	271–272
Bengali calendar	−243
Berber calendar	1300
Buddhist calendar	894
Burmese calendar	−288
Byzantine calendar	5858–5859
Chinese calendar	Mình dậuNăm (EarthRooster) 3047 or 2840 — to — Canh tuất năm (MetalDog) 3048 or 2841
Coptic calendar	66–67
Discordian calendar	1516
Ethiopian calendar	342–343
Hebrew calendar	4110–4111
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	406–407
-Shaka Samvat	271–272
-Kali Yuga	3450–3451
Holocene calendar	10350
Iranian calendar	272 BP – 271 BP
Islamic calendar	280 BH – 279 BH
Javanese calendar	232–233
Julian calendar	350 CCCL
Korean calendar	2683
Minguo calendar	1562 beforeROC Dân trước 1562 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−1118
Seleucid era	661/662AG
Thai solar calendar	892–893
Tibetan calendar	Âm thổ gà năm (female Earth-Rooster) 476 or 95 or −677 — to — Dương kim cẩu năm (male Iron-Dog) 477 or 96 or −676

Magnus Magnentius

Year350(CCCL) was acommon year starting on Monday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Sergius and Nigrinianus(or, less frequently,year 1103Ab urbe condita). The denomination 350 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

• January 18– Western Roman EmperorConstans Imakes himself extremely unpopular; one of his generals,Magnentius,is proclaimed emperor at Augustodunum in the Diocese of Galliae, with the support of the army on theRhinefrontier.
• January– Constans I flees towardsSpain,where he is subsequently assassinated atCastrum Helenae.Magnentius rules the Western portion of the Roman Empire and is far more tolerant towardsChristiansandPagansalike.
• March 1–Vetraniois asked byConstantina,sister ofConstantius II,to proclaim himselfCaesar.Constantius accepts the new emperor and sends him funds to raise an army.
• June 3–Nepotianus,Romanusurper,proclaims himself emperor and entersRomewith a group ofgladiators.
• June 30– Nepotianus is defeated and killed byMarcellinus,a trustedgeneralsent by Magnentius. His head is put on a spear and carried around the city.
• December 25– Vetranio meets Constantius II atNaissus(Serbia) and joins forces with him. Vetranio is forced to abdicate his title, and Constantius allows him to live as a private citizen on a state pension.

Asia

• KingPushyavarmanestablishes theVarman DynastyinAssam.
• About this time theHunsbegin to invade theSassanid Empire.
• The city ofAnbar(Iraq) is founded by kingShapur II.
• TheRan Wei-Later Zhao warbreaks out in NorthChina.

By topic

Art

• The church ofSanta Constanzain Rome is finished.

Births

• Honoratus,archbishop of Arles(approximate date);
• Hypatia of Alexandria,femaleNeoplatonistphilosopher (approximate date);
• Murong Wei,emperor of theXianbeistateFormer Yan(d.385);
• Plutarch of Athens,Greekphilosopher(approximate date);
• Theodore of Mopsuestia,bishopandtheologian(approximate date);
• Zhang Xuanjing,ruler of the Chinese stateFormer Liang(d.363).
• Earliest common ancestor of Y haplotype R-S6881 born in north-west Germania(approximate date)

Deaths

Nepotianusdied on June 30, 350

SaintPaul I of Constantinople

• February 11–Constans I,Roman Emperor;
• June 21–Martin of Tongres,Roman Catholicbishop and saint;
• June 30–Nepotianus,Roman usurper;
• August 5–Cassian of AutunRoman Catholicbishop and saint;
• November 26–Paul I of Constantinople,ByzantineOrthodoxbishop and saint.

Date unknown

• Shi Jian,emperor of theJiestateLater Zhao.