260
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This article is about the year. For the number, see 260 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 230s 240s 250s – 260s – 270s 280s 290s |
| Years: | 257 258 259 – 260 – 261 262 263 |
| 260 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 260 CCLX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1013 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1584 – -1583 |
| Berber calendar | 1210 |
| Buddhist calendar | 804 |
| Burmese calendar | -378 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5768 – 5769 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年十二月初一日 (2896/2956-12-1) — to —
庚辰年十一月十二日(2897/2957-11-12) |
| Coptic calendar | -24 – -23 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 252 – 253 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4020 – 4021 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 315 – 316 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 182 – 183 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3361 – 3362 |
| Holocene calendar | 10260 |
| Iranian calendar | 362 BP – 361 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 373 BH – 372 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2593 |
| Thai solar calendar | 803 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Roman Empire
- Gallienus becomes Emperor.
- Gallienus defends what remains of the empire against barbarians and usurpers. He reorganizes the army and reforms the administration.
- Gallienus reinforces the military and establishes a new mobile force supported by the cavalry, which becomes the pivot of the Roman army. The army's headquarters are established in Milan.
- The Roman fort of Wiesbaden (Germany) is captured by the Alamanni (possibly 259).
- Franks take control over the Scheldt estuary (approximate date).
[edit] Asia
- Persian king Shapur I destroys Caesarea Mazaca in Asia Minor.
- Cao Huan succeeds Cao Mao as ruler of the Chinese Kingdom of Wei.
- Syria, Egypt and Palestine break off from the Roman Empire to form the Persian-supported Palmyrene Empire.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Arts and sciences
- Earliest known date of chess.
[edit] Religion
- Paul of Samosata becomes Patriarch of Antioch.
[edit] Births
- Emperor Hui of Jin China (approximate date)
[edit] Deaths
- Cao Mao, ruler of the Chinese Kingdom of Wei (killed in an abortive coup d'état against Sima Zhao)
- Emperor Valerian I (approximate date)
- Sun Liang, emperor of the Chinese Kingdom of Wu
- Chen Tai, minister of the Kingdom of Wei
