222
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This article is about the year. For the number, see 222 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 190s 200s 210s – 220s – 230s 240s 250s |
| Years: | 219 220 221 – 222 – 223 224 225 |
| 222 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 222 CCXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 975 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1622 – -1621 |
| Berber calendar | 1172 |
| Buddhist calendar | 766 |
| Burmese calendar | -416 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5730 – 5731 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛丑年十二月初一日 (2858/2918-12-1) — to —
壬寅年十一月十一日(2859/2919-11-11) |
| Coptic calendar | -62 – -61 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 214 – 215 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3982 – 3983 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 277 – 278 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 144 – 145 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3323 – 3324 |
| Holocene calendar | 10222 |
| Iranian calendar | 400 BP – 399 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 412 BH – 411 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2555 |
| Thai solar calendar | 765 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Roman Empire
- March 11—Elagabalus is assassinated, along with his mother, Julia Soemias, by the Praetorian Guard during a revolt. Their bodies are dragged through Rome before being cast into the Tiber.
- Alexander Severus succeeds Elagabalus. As he is only 13 years old, his aunt, Julia Avita Mamaea, governs the empire with the help of Domitius Ulpianus and a council composed of senators.
[edit] Asia
- The Kingdom of Wu is established in China.
- The forces of Sun Quan defeat Liu Bei at the Battle of Yiling.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- Pope Urban I succeeds Pope Callixtus I as pope.
[edit] Births
- date unknown – Du Yu, general of the Jin Dynasty (d. 285)
[edit] Deaths
- March 11 (murdered)
- Roman Emperor Elagabalus
- Julia Soaemias, the emperor's mother
- ?March (murdered)
- Valerius Comazon Eutychianus, Roman general
- Hierocles, favourite of Elagabalus
- date unknown
- Bardaisan, Syriac philosopher (b. 154)
- Feng Xi, general of the Kingdom of Shu
- Fu Tong, general of the Kingdom of Shu
- Liu Ba, Chinese politician (b. 186)
- Ma Chao, officer of Liu Bei during the Three Kingdoms Era (also one of the Five Tiger Generals) (b. 176)
- Ma Liang, officer of Liu Bei (b. 186)
- Sha Moke, barbarian general of the Kingdom of Shu
- Taurinus, Roman rebel (drowned)
- Wang Fu, general of the Kingdom of Shu
- Xu Jing, minister of the Kingdom of Shu
- Zhang Liao, veteran general of the Kingdom of Wei (b. 169)
- probable
