241
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 241 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 241 CCXLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 994 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4991 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 162–163 |
| Bengali calendar | −352 |
| Berber calendar | 1191 |
| Buddhist calendar | 785 |
| Burmese calendar | −397 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5749–5750 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2938 or 2731 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2939 or 2732 |
| Coptic calendar | −43 – −42 |
| Discordian calendar | 1407 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 233–234 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4001–4002 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 297–298 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 162–163 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3341–3342 |
| Holocene calendar | 10241 |
| Iranian calendar | 381 BP – 380 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 393 BH – 392 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 119–120 |
| Julian calendar | 241 CCXLI |
| Korean calendar | 2574 |
| Minguo calendar | 1671 before ROC 民前1671年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1227 |
| Seleucid era | 552/553 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 783–784 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 367 or −14 or −786 — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 368 or −13 or −785 |
Year 241 (CCXLI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gordianus and Pompeianus (or, less frequently, year 994 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 241 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
- Winter – Emperor Gordian III reaches Antioch and prepares, with his army, an offensive against the Persians.
- Timesitheus becomes Praetorian Prefect.
- Approximate date – The Dura-Europos church is converted from a house in Syria, the earliest surviving Christian church building.
Persia
- Shapur I succeeds his father Ardashir I as king of Persia.
- The ancient city of Bagram (Afghanistan) is abandoned.
- Shapur I annexes parts of the Kushan Empire.
- Fall of Hatra to Shapur I
Europe
- November 1 – The Battle of Samhain is fought in Ireland.
Births
- Cao Mao, Chinese emperor of the Cao Wei state in the Three Kingdoms period (d. 260)
Deaths
- Sanatruq II, king of Hatra
- Sun Deng, first crown prince of the Eastern Wu state (b. 209)
- Sun Shao, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (b. 188)
- Zhuge Jin, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (b. 174)