220

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Calendar year

Millennium:  | 1st millennium

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Centuries:  |

* 2nd century
* 3rd century
* 4th century

Decades:  |

* 200s
* 210s
* 220s
* 230s
* 240s

Years:  |

* 217
* 218
* 219
* 220
* 221
* 222
* 223

220 by topic

Leaders

* Political entities
* State leaders
* Religious leaders

Categories

* Births
* Deaths
* Establishments
* Disestablishments

220 in various calendarsGregorian calendar| 220
CCXX

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Ab urbe condita| 973
Assyrian calendar| 4970
Balinese saka calendar| 141–142
Bengali calendar| −373
Berber calendar| 1170
Buddhist calendar| 764
Burmese calendar| −418
Byzantine calendar| 5728–5729
Chinese calendar| 己亥年 (Earth Pig)
2917 or 2710
— to —
庚子年 (Metal Rat)
2918 or 2711
Coptic calendar| −64 – −63
Discordian calendar| 1386
Ethiopian calendar| 212–213
Hebrew calendar| 3980–3981
Hindu calendars|
\- Vikram Samvat| 276–277
\- Shaka Samvat| 141–142
\- Kali Yuga| 3320–3321
Holocene calendar| 10220
Iranian calendar| 402 BP – 401 BP
Islamic calendar| 414 BH – 413 BH
Javanese calendar| 98–99
Julian calendar| 220
CCXX
Korean calendar| 2553
Minguo calendar| 1692 before ROC
民前1692年
Nanakshahi calendar| −1248
Seleucid era| 531/532 AG
Thai solar calendar| 762–763
Tibetan calendar| 阴土猪年
(female Earth-Pig)
346 or −35 or −807
— to —
阳金鼠年
(male Iron-Rat)
347 or −34 or −806
Emperor Cao Pi and his ministers

Year 220 (CCXX) was a leap 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 Antonius and Eutychianus (or, less frequently, year 973 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 220 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[edit]

### By place[edit]

#### Roman Empire[edit]

* The Goths invade Asia Minor and the Balkans.
* An Indian delegation visits the Roman emperor Elagabalus.
* Great frost in Roman Britain is said to have lasted for five months.[1]
* Imperator Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (Elagabalus) and Publius Valerius Comazon become Roman consuls.
* Elagabalus divorces Julia Paula and marries Aquilia Severa, a Vestal Virgin. The wedding causes an enormous controversy – traditionally, the punishment for breaking celibacy is death by being buried alive.

#### Parthian Empire[edit]

* King Ardashir I, founder of the Sassanid dynasty, gains support from some Parthian sub-kings and revolts against the rule of Vologases VI. Ardashir, a grandson of Sasan, had ruled Persis since 208 and six years earlier gained control of the region surrounding Persepolis.

#### China[edit]

* March 15 - Cao Cao, Imperial Chancellor and ruler of the Kingdom of Wei, dies.
* December 11 - Cao Pi receives the abdication of Emperor Xian of Han and proclaims himself emperor of Cao Wei. This ends the Han dynasty, the former emperor being created Duke of Shanyang.

### By topic[edit]

#### Religion[edit]

* The Wei dynasty gives official recognition to Taoism as its religious sect, and the sect’s celestial masters reciprocate, by giving spiritual approbation to the Wei as successors to the Han. By the end of the century, most powerful families in northern China have subscribed to Daoist principles.

## Births[edit]

* Wei Guan, Chinese official of the Cao Wei state and the Western Jin dynasty (d. 291)

## Deaths[edit]

* March 15 - Cao Cao, Chinese warlord of the Eastern Han dynasty (b. 155)
* June 13 - Xiahou Dun, Chinese general serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Cao Cao
* December - Cheng Yu, Chinese official serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Cao Cao (b. 141)
* Fa Zheng, Chinese official serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Liu Bei (b. 176)[2]
* Guan Yu, Chinese general serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Liu Bei
* Guan Ping, son of Guan Yu
* Huang Zhong, Chinese general serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Liu Bei
* Lü Meng, Chinese general serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Sun Quan (b. 178)
* Bassilla, Roman actress, dancer and singer (approximate year)
* Tertullian, first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature (b. 155)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Stratton, J.M. (1969). Agricultural Records. John Baker. ISBN 0-212-97022-4.
2. ^ Lühmann, Werner (2003). Konfuzius: aufgeklärter Philosoph oder reaktionärer Moralapostel? : der Bruch in der Konfuzius-Rezeption der deutschen Philosophie des ausgehenden 18. und beginnenden 19. Jahrhunderts. Harrassowitz. p. 68\. ISBN 978-3-447-04753-1.