255
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This article is about the year 255. For other uses, see 255 (number).
| Centuries: | 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century |
| Decades: | 220s 230s 240s - 250s - 260s 270s 280s |
| Years: | 252 253 254 - 255 - 256 257 258 |
| 255 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 255 CCLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1008 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1589 – -1588 |
| Berber calendar | 1205 |
| Buddhist calendar | 799 |
| Burmese calendar | -383 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5763 – 5764 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲戌年十二月初六日 (2891/2951-12-6) — to —
乙亥年十一月十六日(2892/2952-11-16) |
| Coptic calendar | -29 – -28 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 247 – 248 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4015 – 4016 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 310 – 311 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 177 – 178 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3356 – 3357 |
| Holocene calendar | 10255 |
| Iranian calendar | 367 BP – 366 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 378 BH – 377 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2588 |
| Thai solar calendar | 798 |
[edit] Events
- Ma Jun, a Chinese mechanical engineer from Cao Wei, invents the South Pointing Chariot, a path-finding directional compass vehicle that uses a differential gear, not magnetics.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Guo Huai, general of the Kingdom of Wei
- Sima Shi, son of Sima Yi and general of Wei
- Wuqiu Jian, general of the Kingdom of Wei
- Zhang Yi, general of Shu
- Zou Jing
