246

Year 246 (CCXLVI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 246th Year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 246th year of the 1st millennium, the 46th year of the 3rd century, and the 7th year of the 240s decade. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Praesens and Albinus (or, less frequently, year 999 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 246 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.

This article is about the year 246. For the number, see 246 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	220s 230s 240s 250s 260s
Years:	243 244 245 246 247 248 249

246 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	246 CCXLVI
Ab urbe condita	999
Assyrian calendar	4996
Balinese saka calendar	167–168
Bengali calendar	−347
Berber calendar	1196
Buddhist calendar	790
Burmese calendar	−392
Byzantine calendar	5754–5755
Chinese calendar	乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 2942 or 2882     — to — 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 2943 or 2883
Coptic calendar	−38 – −37
Discordian calendar	1412
Ethiopian calendar	238–239
Hebrew calendar	4006–4007
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	302–303
- Shaka Samvat	167–168
- Kali Yuga	3346–3347
Holocene calendar	10246
Iranian calendar	376 BP – 375 BP
Islamic calendar	388 BH – 387 BH
Javanese calendar	124–125
Julian calendar	246 CCXLVI
Korean calendar	2579
Minguo calendar	1666 before ROC 民前1666年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1222
Seleucid era	557/558 AG
Thai solar calendar	788–789
Tibetan calendar	阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 372 or −9 or −781     — to — 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 373 or −8 or −780

246 may refer to:

• 246 (number)

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Philip the Arab fights the Germans along the Danube.
• The first of two Councils of Arabia in the Roman Christian Church is held in Bostra, Arabia Petraea.

Korea

• The Korean Baekje Kingdom, under King Goi, attacks the Chinese commandery of Daifang.

Births

• Cao Huan, Chinese emperor of the Cao Wei state (d. 303)

Deaths

• Jiang Wan, Chinese statesman of the Shu Han state

References