249

Year 249 (CCXLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gavius and Aquilinus (or, less frequently, year 1002 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 249 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 249. For the number, see 249 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	220s 230s 240s 250s 260s
Years:	246 247 248 249 250 251 252

249 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	249 CCXLIX
Ab urbe condita	1002
Assyrian calendar	4999
Balinese saka calendar	170–171
Bengali calendar	−344
Berber calendar	1199
Buddhist calendar	793
Burmese calendar	−389
Byzantine calendar	5757–5758
Chinese calendar	戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 2945 or 2885     — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 2946 or 2886
Coptic calendar	−35 – −34
Discordian calendar	1415
Ethiopian calendar	241–242
Hebrew calendar	4009–4010
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	305–306
- Shaka Samvat	170–171
- Kali Yuga	3349–3350
Holocene calendar	10249
Iranian calendar	373 BP – 372 BP
Islamic calendar	384 BH – 383 BH
Javanese calendar	127–128
Julian calendar	249 CCXLIX
Korean calendar	2582
Minguo calendar	1663 before ROC 民前1663年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1219
Seleucid era	560/561 AG
Thai solar calendar	791–792
Tibetan calendar	阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 375 or −6 or −778     — to — 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 376 or −5 or −777

Emperor Trajan Decius

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Trajan Decius puts down a revolt in Moesia and Pannonia. Loyal legionaries proclaim him emperor, and he leads them into Italy.
• Battle of Verona: Decius defeats and kills Philip the Arab.
• Decius begins persecuting Christians, and others refusing to participate in Emperor worship.

China

• February 5 – Incident at Gaoping Tombs: In the Chinese state of Cao Wei, regent Sima Yi, in a coup d'état, forces his co-regent Cao Shuang to relinquish his power, after taking control of the capital city of Luoyang, and issuing a memorial, which lists the various crimes he and his associates had committed.

By topic

Religion

• In Alexandria, the populace pillages the homes of Christians.

Births

• Shi Chong, Chinese statesmen

Deaths

• February 9 – Cao Shuang, Chinese general and regent of the Cao Wei state[1]
• Philip the Arab, Roman emperor (b. 204)
• Quan Cong, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (b. 198)
• Wang Bi, Chinese philosopher (b. 226)
• Zhu Ran, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (b. 182)

References

1. Chen, Shou (300). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi ed.). China.