285
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This article is about the year 285. For the number (and other uses), see 285 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 250s 260s 270s – 280s – 290s 300s 310s |
| Years: | 282 283 284 – 285 – 286 287 288 |
| 285 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 285 CCLXXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1038 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 5035 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1559–-1558 |
| Bengali calendar | -308 |
| Berber calendar | 1235 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 829 |
| Burmese calendar | -353 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5793–5794 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲辰年十二月初八日 (2921/2981-12-8) — to —
乙巳年十一月十八日(2922/2982-11-18) |
| Coptic calendar | 1–2 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 277–278 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4045–4046 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 341–342 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 207–208 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3386–3387 |
| Holocene calendar | 10285 |
| Iranian calendar | 337 BP – 336 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 347 BH – 346 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2618 |
| Minguo calendar | 1627 before ROC 民前1627年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 828 |
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Year 285 (CCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Carinus and Aurelius (or, less frequently, year 1038 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 285 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.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Roman Empire
- Emperor Carinus marched from Roman Britain to northern Italy and defeats the army under Sabinus Julianus at Verona.
- Summer – Battle of the Margus: Emperor Diocletian defeats the forces of Carinus in the valley of the Margus (Serbia).
- July 21 or July 25 – Diocletian appoints his fellow-officer Maximian to the office of Caesar, or junior co-emperor.
- Carausius, naval commander at Bononia (modern Boulogne), is given the task to clear the English Channel of Frankish and Saxon pirates.
- Maximian is sent to pacify Gaul. Here the Bagaudae, a band of peasants, revolt against the Roman Empire.
- Late summer – Diocletian defends the Danube against Sarmatian raids. He transfers his capital to Nicomedia (Turkey).
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Du Yu, general of the Jin Dynasty (b. 222)
- Marcus Aurelius Carinus, Roman Emperor
- Sabinus Julianus, Roman usurper
