304

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Calendar year

Millennium:  | 1st millennium

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Centuries:  |

* 3rd century
* 4th century
* 5th century

Decades:  |

* 280s
* 290s
* 300s
* 310s
* 320s

Years:  |

* 301
* 302
* 303
* 304
* 305
* 306
* 307

304 by topic

Leaders

* Political entities
* State leaders
* Religious leaders

Categories

* Deaths
* Establishments

304 in various calendarsGregorian calendar| 304
CCCIV

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Ab urbe condita| 1057
Assyrian calendar| 5054
Balinese saka calendar| 225–226
Bengali calendar| −289
Berber calendar| 1254
Buddhist calendar| 848
Burmese calendar| −334
Byzantine calendar| 5812–5813
Chinese calendar| 癸亥年 (Water Pig)
3001 or 2794
— to —
甲子年 (Wood Rat)
3002 or 2795
Coptic calendar| 20–21
Discordian calendar| 1470
Ethiopian calendar| 296–297
Hebrew calendar| 4064–4065
Hindu calendars|
\- Vikram Samvat| 360–361
\- Shaka Samvat| 225–226
\- Kali Yuga| 3404–3405
Holocene calendar| 10304
Iranian calendar| 318 BP – 317 BP
Islamic calendar| 328 BH – 327 BH
Javanese calendar| 184–185
Julian calendar| 304
CCCIV
Korean calendar| 2637
Minguo calendar| 1608 before ROC
民前1608年
Nanakshahi calendar| −1164
Seleucid era| 615/616 AG
Thai solar calendar| 846–847
Tibetan calendar| 阴水猪年
(female Water-Pig)
430 or 49 or −723
— to —
阳木鼠年
(male Wood-Rat)
431 or 50 or −722
Saint Vincent of Saragossa

Year 304 (CCCIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Diocletian and Maximian (or, less frequently, year 1057 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 304 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]

* Caesar Galerius, perhaps accompanied by Emperor Diocletian, wins his fourth and final victory over the Carpi. Many of the surviving Carpi and Bastarnae are resettled in the Roman Empire, where they are split up. The Bastarnae are not attested after this time, and the Carpi are attested only once more in the 310s.
* Diocletian, while inspecting the Danube border, becomes seriously ill.
* Caesar Constantius I besieges a Germanic raiding force on an island in the Rhine and forces their surrender.

#### Asia[edit]

* Sixteen Kingdoms: The Xiongnu establishes the Han-Zhao state under Liu Yuan, often seen as the start of the Upheaval of the Five Barbarians.
* Cheng-Han earns its independence from Jin dynasty.
* Biryu becomes king of the Korean kingdom of Baekje.[1]

### By topic[edit]

#### Religion[edit]

* October 25 - Pope Marcellinus dies at Rome after an 8-year reign. The papal throne will remain vacant until 308.

## Births[edit]

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## Deaths[edit]

Pope Marcellinus Saint Anastasia

* October 25 - Pope Marcellinus
* December 25 - Saint Anastasia (martyred)
* Date unknown
* Saint Afra (martyred by fire)
* Saint Agape, Chionia, and Irene (martyred)
* Saint Agnes (martyred)
* Saint Alban (possibly 309)
* Bunseo of Baekje, king of Baekje (Korea)[2]
* Saint Florian (martyred)
* Saint Gorgonius of Nicomedia (martyred)
* Saint Juliana of Nicomedia (martyred)
* Saint Lucy of Syracuse (martyred)
* Saint Margaret (martyred)
* Saint Pancras (martyred)
* Saint Philomena (martyred)
* Sima Ai, Chinese prince of the Jin dynasty (b. 277)[3]
* Saints Theodora and Didymus (martyred)
* Saint Vincent of Saragossa (martyred)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "List of Rulers of Korea". www.metmuseum.org. Archived from the original on December 15, 2010. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
2. ^ "List of Rulers of Korea". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
3. ^ Knechtges, David R.; Chang, Taiping (2010). Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature (vol.I): A Reference Guide, Part One. BRILL. p. 542\. ISBN 9789004191273.