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Calendar overview 208
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| 208 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 200/201 |
| Buddhist calendar | 751/752 (southern Buddhism); 750/751 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 48th (49th) cycle , year of the earth-rat戊子 ( at the beginning of the year fire-pig 丁亥) |
| Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 246th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3968/69 (August 28-29) |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CMLXI (961) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 518/519 (New Year April); Syria: 519/520 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 246 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 264/265 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Roman Empire
- The Roman Emperor Septimius Severus crossed into the province of Britain .
Empire of China
- Cao Cao defeats Liu Bei in the Battle of Changban .
- The Chinese warlord Cao Cao defeats the provincial governor Liu Biao and kills Kong Rong , his rival at the imperial court.
- Liu Bei and Sun Quan defeat Cao Cao in the Battle of Chibi , which seals the division of China into Three Kingdoms .
Born
- September 14 : Diadumenianus , son of the Roman emperor Macrinus († summer 218 )
- October 1 : Severus Alexander , Roman Emperor († March 235 )
- at 208: Sima Shi , Chinese civil servant († 255 )
Died
- May 1st : Andeolus , Roman saint
- Cao Chong , Chinese politician (* 196 )
- Huang Zu , Chinese general
- Kong Rong , Chinese politician (* 153 )
- Liu Biao , Chinese politician (* 142 )
- Sun Ben , Chinese general (* 172 )
- Xiahou En , Chinese general (* 167 )
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