220

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century
Decades:	190s  200s  210s  – 220s –  230s  240s  250s
Years:	217 218 219 – 220 – 221 222 223

220 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

220 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	220 CCXX
Ab urbe condita	973
Assyrian calendar	4970
Bengali calendar	−373
Berber calendar	1170
Buddhist calendar	764
Burmese calendar	−418
Byzantine calendar	5728–5729
Chinese calendar	己亥年 (Earth Pig) 2916 or 2856     — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2917 or 2857
Coptic calendar	−64 – −63
Discordian calendar	1386
Ethiopian calendar	212–213
Hebrew calendar	3980–3981
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	276–277
- Shaka Samvat	142–143
- Kali Yuga	3321–3322
Holocene calendar	10220
Iranian calendar	402 BP – 401 BP
Islamic calendar	414 BH – 413 BH
Julian calendar	220 CCXX
Korean calendar	2553
Minguo calendar	1692 before ROC 民前1692年
Seleucid era	531/532 AG
Thai solar calendar	762–763

Emperor Cao Pi and his ministers

Year 220 (CCXX) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Antonius and Eutychianus (or, less frequently, year 973 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 220 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.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• The Goths invade Asia Minor and the Balkans.
• An Indian delegation visits the Roman emperor Elagabalus.
• Great frost in England is said to have lasted for five months.^[1]
• Imperator Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (Elagabalus) and Publius Valerius Comazon become Roman consuls.
• Elagabalus divorces Julia Paula and marries Aquilia Severa, a Vestal Virgin. The wedding causes an enormous controversy – traditionally, the punishment for breaking celibacy is death by being buried alive.
• King Ardashir I, founder of the Sassanid dynasty, gains support from some Parthian sub-kings and revolts against the rule of Vologases VI. Ardashir, a grandson of Sasan, ruled Persis since 208 and six years ago gained control of the region surrounding Persepolis.

Asia

• Three Kingdoms: The northern part of China is under the control of Cao Cao, Imperial Chancellor and ruler of the Kingdom of Wei. Following his death on March 15 his son Cao Pi receives the abdication of Emperor Xian of Han on December 10 and proclaims himself emperor of Cao Wei. This ends the Han dynasty, the former emperor being created Duke of Shanyang.

By topic

Religion

• The Wei dynasty will give official recognition to Taoism as its religious sect, and the sect's celestial masters will reciprocate by giving spiritual approbation to the Wei as successors to the Han. By the end of the century most powerful families in northern China will subscribe the Daoist principles.

Births

• Wei Guan, general of the Kingdom of Wei (d. 291)

Deaths

• March 15 – Cao Cao, self-appointed prime minister of the Han dynasty (b. 155)
• June 13 – Xiahou Dun, general and relative of Cao Cao
• December – Cheng Yu, advisor of Cao Cao (b. 141)
• Ding Yi, minister of the Kingdom of Wei
• Fa Zheng, advisor to Liu Bei (b. 176)^[2]
• Huang Zhong, general under Liu Bei
• Liu Feng, Shu general (executed by Liu Bei) (b. 192)
• Lü Meng, general of Sun Quan (b. 178)

References

1. Stratton, J.M. (1969). Agricultural Records. John Baker. ISBN 0-212-97022-4.
2. Lühmann, Werner (2003). Konfuzius: aufgeklärter Philosoph oder reaktionärer Moralapostel? : der Bruch in der Konfuzius-Rezeption der deutschen Philosophie des ausgehenden 18. und beginnenden 19. Jahrhunderts. Harrassowitz. p. 68. ISBN 978-3-447-04753-1.