262

Millennium: 1st millennium Centuries: 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century Decades: 230s  240s  250s  – 260s –  270s  280s  290s Years: 259 260 261 – 262 – 263 264 265

262 by topic Politics State leaders – Sovereign states Birth and death categories Births – Deaths Establishment and disestablishment categories Establishments – Disestablishments 262 in other calendars Gregorian calendar 262 CCLXII Ab urbe condita 1015 Armenian calendar N/A Bahá'í calendar -1582 – -1581 Bengali calendar -331 Berber calendar 1212 Buddhist calendar 806 Burmese calendar -376 Byzantine calendar 5770 – 5771 Chinese calendar 辛巳年十一月廿四日 (2898/2958-11-24) — to — 壬午年十二月初四日 (2899/2959-12-4) Coptic calendar -22 – -21 Ethiopian calendar 254 – 255 Hebrew calendar 4022 – 4023 Hindu calendars  - Bikram Samwat 318 – 319  - Shaka Samvat 184 – 185  - Kali Yuga 3363 – 3364 Holocene calendar 10262 Iranian calendar 360 BP – 359 BP Islamic calendar 371 BH – 370 BH Japanese calendar Korean calendar 2595 Thai solar calendar 805

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus is burned down by the Goths.

Deaths

• Xi Kang, author
• Emperor Valerian I (in captivity)
• Xiahou Ba, former general of the Kingdom of Wei, later went to the Kingdom of Shu