261
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This article is about the year 261. For the number (and other uses), see 261 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 230s 240s 250s – 260s – 270s 280s 290s |
| Years: | 258 259 260 – 261 – 262 263 264 |
| 261 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 261 CCLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1014 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 5011 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1583–-1582 |
| Bengali calendar | -332 |
| Berber calendar | 1211 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 805 |
| Burmese calendar | -377 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5769–5770 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年十一月十三日 (2897/2957-11-13) — to —
辛巳年十一月廿三日(2898/2958-11-23) |
| Coptic calendar | -23–-22 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 253–254 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4021–4022 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 317–318 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 183–184 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3362–3363 |
| Holocene calendar | 10261 |
| Iranian calendar | 361 BP – 360 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 372 BH – 371 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 261 CCLXI |
| Korean calendar | 2594 |
| Minguo calendar | 1651 before ROC 民前1651年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 804 |
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Year 261 (CCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gallienus and Taurus (or, less frequently, year 1014 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 261 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
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[edit] By place
[edit] Roman Empire
- Emperor Gallienus crushes the Alamanni at Milan.
- Gallienus repeals the edict of 258, which led to the persecution of the Christians.
- Gallienus usurpers: The rebellion of Macrianus Major, Macrianus Minor, and Quietus against Gallienus comes to an end. They march from Asia to Europe but are defeated in Thrace by Gallienus' general Aureolus, and both are killed. Quietus flees to Emesa, where he is killed by Odaenathus of Palmyra.
- Roman-Persian Wars: Balista, Roman usurper, collects ships from Cilician ports and defeats the Persian fleet near Pompeiopolis, capturing the harem of king Shapur I.
[edit] Asia
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Macrianus Major, Roman usurper
- Quietus, Roman usurper
- Mussius Aemilianus, Roman usurper
- Cheomhae of Silla, Korean ruler
