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Liu Bei proclaims himself Emperor of Shu Han . | It is in contrast to Cao Pi and the Wei dynasty founded in the previous year . |
221 in other calendars | |
Ethiopian calendar | 213/214 |
Buddhist calendar | 764/765 (southern Buddhism); 763/764 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 48th (49th) cycle , year of the Metal Ox辛丑 ( at the beginning of the year Metal Rat 庚子) |
Greek calendar | 4th year of the 249th / 1st year of the 250th Olympiad |
Jewish calendar | 3981/82 (September 3-4) |
Roman calendar | ab urbe condita CMLXXIV (974) |
Seleucid era | Babylon: 531/532 (New Year April); Syria: 532/533 (New Year October) |
Spanish era | 259 |
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 277/278 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Roman Empire
- The Roman emperor Elagabal adopts Severus Alexander as his heir.
Empire of China
- Three Kingdoms Era : Liu Bei , a Chinese warlord and distant member of the Han imperial family , proclaimed himself emperor. He founds the Shu Han dynasty in opposition to the Wei dynasty in the north, which is the official successor of the Han dynasty.
- Autumn: General Yu Jin , who was captured two years earlier, is in an embassy from Chinese warlord Sun Quan to the Wei dynasty . The embassy can bring about an alliance between the Wei emperor Cao Pi and Sun Quan.
- December: The embassy returns to Sun Quan and, on behalf of the emperor, brings him the nine decorations and the title of Duke of Wu . At the same time, Liu Bei attacks Sun Quan's western outposts and defeats General Pan Zhang.
Born
Died
- Gongsun Kang , Chinese politician
- Huang Zhong , Chinese general (* 148 )
- Pomponius Bassus , Roman politician
- Xu Sheng , Chinese general
- Yu Jin , Chinese general
- Zhen Luo , Chinese nobleman (* 183 )
- Zhang Fei , Chinese general (* 167 )
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