281
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Gregorian calendar | 281 CCLXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1034 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5031 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 202–203 |
| Bengali calendar | −312 |
| Berber calendar | 1231 |
| Buddhist calendar | 825 |
| Burmese calendar | −357 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5789–5790 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2978 or 2771 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 2979 or 2772 |
| Coptic calendar | −3 – −2 |
| Discordian calendar | 1447 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 273–274 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4041–4042 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 337–338 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 202–203 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3381–3382 |
| Holocene calendar | 10281 |
| Iranian calendar | 341 BP – 340 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 352 BH – 350 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 160–161 |
| Julian calendar | 281 CCLXXXI |
| Korean calendar | 2614 |
| Minguo calendar | 1631 before ROC 民前1631年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1187 |
| Seleucid era | 592/593 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 823–824 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 407 or 26 or −746 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 408 or 27 or −745 |
Year 281 (CCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Probus and Tiberianus (or, less frequently, year 1034 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 281 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. The year comes after 280 and Comes before 282.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Roman Empire
[edit]- Emperor Probus returns to Rome, where he celebrates his triumph over the Vandals and the usurpers (Bonosus, Julius Saturninus and Proculus).
Births
[edit]- Cai Mo (or Daoming), Chinese official and politician (d. 356)
- Theodore Stratelates, Roman general and martyr (d. 319)