263

This article is about the year 263. For the number, see 263 (number). For other uses, see 263 (disambiguation).

Year 263 (CCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Albinus and Dexter (or, less frequently, year 1016 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 263 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:	240s 250s 260s 270s 280s
Years:	260 261 262 263 264 265 266

263 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	263 CCLXIII
Ab urbe condita	1016
Assyrian calendar	5013
Balinese saka calendar	184–185
Bengali calendar	−330
Berber calendar	1213
Buddhist calendar	807
Burmese calendar	−375
Byzantine calendar	5771–5772
Chinese calendar	壬午年 (Water Horse) 2960 or 2753     — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 2961 or 2754
Coptic calendar	−21 – −20
Discordian calendar	1429
Ethiopian calendar	255–256
Hebrew calendar	4023–4024
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	319–320
- Shaka Samvat	184–185
- Kali Yuga	3363–3364
Holocene calendar	10263
Iranian calendar	359 BP – 358 BP
Islamic calendar	370 BH – 369 BH
Javanese calendar	142–143
Julian calendar	263 CCLXIII
Korean calendar	2596
Minguo calendar	1649 before ROC 民前1649年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1205
Seleucid era	574/575 AG
Thai solar calendar	805–806
Tibetan calendar	阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 389 or 8 or −764     — to — 阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) 390 or 9 or −763

Three Kingdoms (China)

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• King Odenathus of Palmyra declares himself ruler of the area west of the River Euphrates and is declared Dux Orientalis by the Roman emperor Gallienus.

Asia

• Conquest of Shu by Wei: The Chinese state of Cao Wei conquers Shu Han, one of its two rival states.
• Sima Zhao, regent of the Cao Wei state, receives and accepts the nine bestowments, state chancellorship, and the title Duke of Jin from Cao Huan.

By topic

Art and Science

• Chinese mathematician Liu Hui writes a commentary on The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art, describing what will later be called Gaussian elimination, computing pi, etc.

Deaths

• Gao Rou (or Wenhui), Chinese politician (b. 174)
• Lady Li (or Lishi), Chinese noblewoman
• Liu Chen, Chinese prince of the Shu Han state
• Ruan Ji, Chinese poet and musician (b. 210)
• Zhuge Zhan, Chinese general and politician (b. 227)