264

This article is about the year 264. For the number, see 264 (number). For the locomotive, see 2-6-4.

Year 264 (CCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gallienus and Saturninus (or, less frequently, year 1017 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 264 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:	261 262 263 264 265 266 267

264 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	264 CCLXIV
Ab urbe condita	1017
Assyrian calendar	5014
Balinese saka calendar	185–186
Bengali calendar	−329
Berber calendar	1214
Buddhist calendar	808
Burmese calendar	−374
Byzantine calendar	5772–5773
Chinese calendar	癸未年 (Water Goat) 2961 or 2754     — to — 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 2962 or 2755
Coptic calendar	−20 – −19
Discordian calendar	1430
Ethiopian calendar	256–257
Hebrew calendar	4024–4025
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	320–321
- Shaka Samvat	185–186
- Kali Yuga	3364–3365
Holocene calendar	10264
Iranian calendar	358 BP – 357 BP
Islamic calendar	369 BH – 368 BH
Javanese calendar	143–144
Julian calendar	264 CCLXIV
Korean calendar	2597
Minguo calendar	1648 before ROC 民前1648年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1204
Seleucid era	575/576 AG
Thai solar calendar	806–807
Tibetan calendar	阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) 390 or 9 or −763     — to — 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 391 or 10 or −762

Events

By place

Asia

• March 1–3 – Zhong Hui's Rebellion in China is quelled.
• Sima Zhao, regent of the Chinese state of Cao Wei, styles himself the "King of Jin", the penultimate step before usurpation.
• Sun Hao succeeds Sun Xiu as emperor of the Chinese state of Eastern Wu.

Deaths

• Zhong Hui, Chinese philosopher
• March 3
  • Jiang Wei (or Boyue), Chinese general and regent (b. 202)
  • Zhang Yi (or Bogong), Chinese general and politician
• September 3 – Sun Xiu (Jing of Wu), Chinese emperor (b. 235)
• Deng Ai (or Shizai), Chinese general and politician (b. 197)
• Guo (or Mingyuan), Chinese empress of the Cao Wei state
• Liao Hua (or Yuanjian), Chinese general and politician
• Liu Xuan, Chinese prince of the Shu Han state (b. 224)
• Puyang Xing (or Ziyuan), Chinese official and chancellor
• Zong Yu (or Deyan), Chinese general and politician