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Sima Yan forces the deposition of Emperor Cao Huan and, as Emperor Jin Wudi, founds the Jin Dynasty .	Gallienus undertakes an unsuccessful campaign against the Imperium Galliarum .
265 in other calendars
Ethiopian calendar	257/258
Buddhist calendar	808/809 (southern Buddhism); 807/808 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	49th (50th) cycle , year of the wood rooster乙酉 ( at the beginning of the year wood monkey 甲申)
Greek calendar	4th year of the 260th / 1st year of the 261st Olympiad
Jewish calendar	4025/26 (August 28-29)
Roman calendar	from urbe condita MXVIII (1018)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 575/576 (turn of the year April); Syria: 576/577 (New Year October)
Spanish era	303
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	321/322 (turn of the year April)

Events

Imperial crisis of the 3rd century : Gallienus tries to reverse the defection of the western provinces of Rome and attacks Postumus , the emperor of the Imperium Galliarum . On his first attack, Postumus is able to escape due to the carelessness of his cavalry commander Aureolus . During the subsequent siege of the emperor in a Gallic city, Gallienus is wounded by an arrow and has to break off the campaign. Gallienus will come to terms with the loss of the western provinces until the end of his rule.

Empire of China / Time of the Three Kingdoms : Sima Zhao , Prince of Jin, dies in Luoyang before he can take power against Emperor Cao Huan . His son Sima Yan inherits his position and title.
Wu Emperor Sun Hao forces the late Sun Xiu's wife , Empress Zhu , to commit suicide and banishes his four sons, of whom he later executes the two older ones.
Based on a prophecy, the superstitious Wu emperor Sun Hao arranged the costly move of the government from Jianye to Wuchang .

Family tree of the Jin Dynasty 265–420

Four months after Sima Zhao's death, Sima Yan carries out his father's plans and forces Emperor Cao Huan to be deposed . This seals the end of the Wei Dynasty and the beginning of the Jin Dynasty . From now on Sima Yan calls herself Emperor Jin Wudi.