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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 291 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 291 CCXCI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1044 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5041 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 212–213 |
| Bengali calendar | −302 |
| Berber calendar | 1241 |
| Buddhist calendar | 835 |
| Burmese calendar | −347 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5799–5800 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 2988 or 2781 — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2989 or 2782 |
| Coptic calendar | 7–8 |
| Discordian calendar | 1457 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 283–284 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4051–4052 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 347–348 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 212–213 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3391–3392 |
| Holocene calendar | 10291 |
| Iranian calendar | 331 BP – 330 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 341 BH – 340 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 171–172 |
| Julian calendar | 291 CCXCI |
| Korean calendar | 2624 |
| Minguo calendar | 1621 before ROC 民前1621年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1177 |
| Seleucid era | 602/603 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 833–834 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 417 or 36 or −736 — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 418 or 37 or −735 |
Year 291 (CCXCI) 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 Tiberianus and Dio (or, less frequently, year 1044 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 291 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.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Emperor Diocletian signs peace treaties with the kingdoms of Aksum and Nubia.
China
- War of the Eight Princes: After the death of Emperor Sima Yan (Jin Wudi), a civil war breaks out among the princes and dukes of the Jin Dynasty. The struggle devastates and depopulates the provinces of northern China.
Births
- Saint Agnes, Christian martyress (d. c. 304)
- Saint Hilarion, anchorite and saint (d. 371)
- Li Xiu, female general during the Jin Dynasty
- Saint Philomena, Christian martyress (d. c. 304)
Deaths
- Sima Liang, regent during the reign of Sima Yan
- Sima Wei, prince during the Jin Dynasty (b. 271)
- Wei Guan, general of the Kingdom of Wei (b. 220)
- Wen Yang, general of the Kingdom of Wei (b. 238)
- Yang Jun, official during the reign of Sima Yan