255
This article is about the year 255. For the number, see 255 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 220s 230s 240s – 250s – 260s 270s 280s |
| Years: | 252 253 254 – 255 – 256 257 258 |
| 255 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 255 CCLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1008 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5005 |
| Bengali calendar | −338 |
| Berber calendar | 1205 |
| Buddhist calendar | 799 |
| Burmese calendar | −383 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5763–5764 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 2951 or 2891 — to — 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 2952 or 2892 |
| Coptic calendar | −29 – −28 |
| Discordian calendar | 1421 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 247–248 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4015–4016 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 311–312 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 177–178 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3356–3357 |
| Holocene calendar | 10255 |
| Iranian calendar | 367 BP – 366 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 378 BH – 377 BH |
| Julian calendar | 255 CCLV |
| Korean calendar | 2588 |
| Minguo calendar | 1657 before ROC 民前1657年 |
| Seleucid era | 566/567 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 797–798 |
Year 255 (CCLV) 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 Valerianus and Gallienus (or, less frequently, year 1008 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 255 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 topic
Science
- Ma Jun, a Chinese mechanical engineer from Cao Wei, invents the south-pointing chariot, a path-finding directional compass vehicle that uses a differential gear, not magnetics.
Births
- Dorotheus of Tyre, bishop and martyr (d. 362)
- Zhang Gui, governor of Liang province and first Duke of Xiping (d. 314)
Deaths
- March – Sima Shi, son of Sima Yi, older brother of Sima Zhao and general of Wei (b. 208)
- Fu Jia, official of Cao Wei (b. 209)
- Guanqiu Jian, general of the Kingdom of Wei
- Guo Huai, general of the Kingdom of Wei (b. 187)
- Zou Jing, colonel of Liu Bei
References
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