221
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Thai solar calendar | 763–764 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 347 or −34 or −806 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 348 or −33 or −805 |
Year 221 (CCXXI) 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 Gratus and Vitellius (or, less frequently, year 974 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 221 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.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Alexander Severus as his heir, and receives the title of Caesar.
- bisexual. According to the historian Cassius Dio, he has a stable relationship with his chariot driver, the slave Hierocles.
Asia
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Births
Deaths
- August 4 – Lady Zhen, Chinese noblewoman (b. 183)
- Dong He (or Youzai), Chinese official and politician
- Mi Zhu, Chinese general and politician (b. 165)
- Yu Jin, Chinese general serving under Cao Cao
- Zhang Fei, Chinese general and politician