241

Year 241 (CCXLI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century
Decades:	210s  220s  230s  – 240s –  250s  260s  270s
Years:	238 239 240 – 241 – 242 243 244

241 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	241 CCXLI
Ab urbe condita	994
Assyrian calendar	4991
Balinese saka calendar	162–163
Bengali calendar	−352
Berber calendar	1191
Buddhist calendar	785
Burmese calendar	−397
Byzantine calendar	5749–5750
Chinese calendar	庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2937 or 2877     — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2938 or 2878
Coptic calendar	−43 – −42
Discordian calendar	1407
Ethiopian calendar	233–234
Hebrew calendar	4001–4002
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	297–298
- Shaka Samvat	162–163
- Kali Yuga	3341–3342
Holocene calendar	10241
Iranian calendar	381 BP – 380 BP
Islamic calendar	393 BH – 392 BH
Javanese calendar	119–120
Julian calendar	241 CCXLI
Korean calendar	2574
Minguo calendar	1671 before ROC 民前1671年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1227
Seleucid era	552/553 AG
Thai solar calendar	783–784
Tibetan calendar	ལྕགས་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Monkey) 367 or −14 or −786     — to — ལྕགས་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Iron-Bird) 368 or −13 or −785

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Winter – Emperor Gordian III reaches Antioch. He gets his army ready to fight against the Persians.
• Timesitheus becomes Praetorian Prefect

Persia

• Shapur I succeeds his father Ardashir I as king of Persia.
• The ancient city of Bagram (Afghanistan) is abandoned.
• Shapur I adds parts of the Kushan Empire.

Europe

• November 1 – The Battle of Samhain is fought in Ireland.

Births

• Cao Mao, emperor of the Kingdom of Wei (possible date) (d. 260)

Deaths

• Ardashir I, first ruler of the Sassanid dynasty
• Zhuge Jin, minister of the Chinese Kingdom of Wu, older brother of Zhuge Liang (b. 174)
• Sun Deng, eldest son of Sun Quan (b. 209)