208
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This article is about the year. For the number, see 208 (number).
- For the area code, see Area code 208.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 170s 180s 190s – 200s – 210s 220s 230s |
| Years: | 205 206 207 – 208 – 209 210 211 |
| 208 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 208 CCVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 961 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1636 – -1635 |
| Berber calendar | 1158 |
| Buddhist calendar | 752 |
| Burmese calendar | -430 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5716 – 5717 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁亥年十一月廿六日 (2844/2904-11-26) — to —
戊子年十二月初七日(2845/2905-12-7) |
| Coptic calendar | -76 – -75 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 200 – 201 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3968 – 3969 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 263 – 264 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 130 – 131 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3309 – 3310 |
| Holocene calendar | 10208 |
| Iranian calendar | 414 BP – 413 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 427 BH – 426 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2541 |
| Thai solar calendar | 751 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Roman Empire
- Roman emperor Septimius Severus repairs the Antonine Wall (his repairs are sometimes called the Severan Wall).
- Severus, Caracalla and Geta launch military campaigns against the Caledonians and the Macates in Britain.
[edit] Asia
- December 10—Cao Cao writes Duǎn Gē Xíng.
- Artaban V begins his reign as king of the Parthians.
- Liu Bei escapes from Cao Cao at the Battle of Changban.
- Zhou Yu and Liu Bei defeat Cao Cao at the Battle of Red Cliffs; along with the Battle of Yamen and Battle of Lake Poyang, this is one of the largest naval battles in China's history.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Cao Chong, the eldest son of Cao Cao (b. 196)
- Chen Deng, strategist of the Eastern Han Dynasty (b. 170)
- Hua Tuo, a famous Chinese physician (b. 145)
- Huang Zu, a general of the Han Dynasty
- Kong Rong, Chinese scholar (executed) (b. 153)
- Liu Biao, protector, or ruler, of Jingzhou
- Vologases V, ruler of the Parthian Empire
