226

This article is about the year 226. For the number, see 226 (number).

Year 226 (CCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Marcellus (or, less frequently, year 979 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 226 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	200s 210s 220s 230s 240s
Years:	223 224 225 226 227 228 229

226 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	226 CCXXVI
Ab urbe condita	979
Assyrian calendar	4976
Balinese saka calendar	147–148
Bengali calendar	−367
Berber calendar	1176
Buddhist calendar	770
Burmese calendar	−412
Byzantine calendar	5734–5735
Chinese calendar	乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 2923 or 2716     — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 2924 or 2717
Coptic calendar	−58 – −57
Discordian calendar	1392
Ethiopian calendar	218–219
Hebrew calendar	3986–3987
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	282–283
- Shaka Samvat	147–148
- Kali Yuga	3326–3327
Holocene calendar	10226
Iranian calendar	396 BP – 395 BP
Islamic calendar	408 BH – 407 BH
Javanese calendar	104–105
Julian calendar	226 CCXXVI
Korean calendar	2559
Minguo calendar	1686 before ROC 民前1686年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1242
Seleucid era	537/538 AG
Thai solar calendar	768–769
Tibetan calendar	阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 352 or −29 or −801     — to — 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 353 or −28 or −800

Events

By place

China

• A merchant from the Roman Empire, called "Qin Lun" by the Chinese, arrives in Jiaozhi (modern Hanoi), and is taken to see King Sun Quan of Eastern Wu, who requests him to make a report on his native country and people. He is given an escort for the return trip, including a present of ten male and ten female "blackish-colored dwarfs." However, the officer in charge of the Chinese escort dies, and Qin Lun has to continue his journey home alone.

Persian Empire

• Ctesiphon, until now capital of the Parthian Empire, falls into the hands of the Sasanian Empire, who also make it their capital, after putting an end to the Parthian Dynasty in Iran.

Births

• Lu Kang, Chinese general and politician (d. 274)
• Wang Bi (or Fusi), Chinese philosopher (d. 249)
• Saint Valentine, Roman patron saint (d. 269)

Deaths

• June 29 – Cao Pi, Chinese emperor (b. 187)
• Farn-Sasan, king of the Parthian Kingdom
• Shi Xie, Chinese politician and warlord (b. 137)
• Xiahou Shang (or Boren), Chinese general