249

This article is about the year 249. For the number, see 249 (number).

Year 249 (CCXLIX) was a common year starting on Monday 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.

249 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	249 CCXLIX
Ab urbe condita	1002
Assyrian calendar	4999
Balinese saka calendar	170–171
Bengali calendar	−345 – −344
Berber calendar	1199
Buddhist calendar	793
Burmese calendar	−389
Byzantine calendar	5757–5758
Chinese calendar	戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 2946 or 2739     — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 2947 or 2740
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	ས་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Earth-Dragon) 375 or −6 or −778     — to — ས་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་ (female Earth-Snake) 376 or −5 or −777

Emperor Trajan Decius (c. 201–251)

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 Emperor Philip the Arab.
• Decian persecution: Decius begins persecuting Christians, and others refusing to sacrifice publicly to the Roman gods for the well-being of the emperor.

Asia

• 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. Sima Yi issues a memorial, which lists the various crimes he and his associates has committed.

By topic

Religion

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

Births

• Shi Chong (or Jilun), Chinese politician and statesman

Deaths

• February 9
  • Bi Gui (or Zhaoxian), Chinese politician
  • Cao Shuang, Chinese general and regent^[1]
  • Deng Yang (or Xuanmao), Chinese politician
  • He Yan (or Pingshu), Chinese philosopher
  • Huan Fan (or Yuanze), Chinese general
  • Li Sheng (or Gongzhao), Chinese politician
• May 18 – Jiang Ji (or Zitong), Chinese general
• Jotapianus (or Jotapian), Roman usurper
• Ma Zhong (or Dexin), Chinese general and politician
• Philip II (the Younger), Roman emperor (b. 237)
• Philip the Arab, Roman general and emperor (b. 204)
• Quan Cong, Chinese general and politician (b. 198)
• Wang Bi, Chinese philosopher and politician (b. 226)
• Xu Miao (or Jingshan), Chinese politician (b. 172)
• Zhu Ran, Chinese adviser and general (b. 182)