227

This article is about the year 227. For the number, see 227 (number). For other uses, see 227 (disambiguation).

Year 227 (CCXXVII) 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 Senecio and Fulvius (or, less frequently, year 980 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 227 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:	224 225 226 227 228 229 230

227 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	227 CCXXVII
Ab urbe condita	980
Assyrian calendar	4977
Balinese saka calendar	148–149
Bengali calendar	−366
Berber calendar	1177
Buddhist calendar	771
Burmese calendar	−411
Byzantine calendar	5735–5736
Chinese calendar	丙午年 (Fire Horse) 2924 or 2717     — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 2925 or 2718
Coptic calendar	−57 – −56
Discordian calendar	1393
Ethiopian calendar	219–220
Hebrew calendar	3987–3988
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	283–284
- Shaka Samvat	148–149
- Kali Yuga	3327–3328
Holocene calendar	10227
Iranian calendar	395 BP – 394 BP
Islamic calendar	407 BH – 406 BH
Javanese calendar	105–106
Julian calendar	227 CCXXVII
Korean calendar	2560
Minguo calendar	1685 before ROC 民前1685年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1241
Seleucid era	538/539 AG
Thai solar calendar	769–770
Tibetan calendar	阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 353 or −28 or −800     — to — 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 354 or −27 or −799

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Seius Sallustius is executed for the attempted murder of his son-in-law, Emperor Alexander Severus. Sallustius' daughter, as well as Alexander's wife, Sallustia Orbiana, is exiled to Libya.

Ireland

• The rule of High King Cormac mac Airt begins (approximate).

Persian Empire

• King Ardashir I annexes his new empire from the east to the northwest. He conquers, with his army, the provinces of Chorasmia, Sistan and the island Bahrain in the Persian Gulf. The kings of the Kushan Empire and Turan recognize Ardashir as their overlord.

Asia

• Dongcheon becomes ruler over the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo.

Births

• Herennius Etruscus, Roman emperor (d. 251)
• Sima Zhou, Chinese prince and general (d. 283)
• Zhuge Zhan, Chinese general and official (d. 263)

Deaths

• Han Dang (or Yigong), Chinese general
• He Qi (or Gongmiao), Chinese general
• Seius Sallustius, Roman usurper (Caesar)
• Shi Hui, Chinese official and general (b. 165)
• Xu Huang (or Gongming), Chinese general