361
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This article is about the year 361. For the number, see 361 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 3rd century – 4th century – 5th century |
| Decades: | 330s 340s 350s – 360s – 370s 380s 390s |
| Years: | 358 359 360 – 361 – 362 363 364 |
| 361 by topic | |
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| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 361 CCCLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1114 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 5111 |
| Bahá'í calendar | −1483 – −1482 |
| Bengali calendar | −232 |
| Berber calendar | 1311 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 905 |
| Burmese calendar | −277 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5869–5870 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3057 or 2997 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3058 or 2998 |
| Coptic calendar | 77–78 |
| Discordian calendar | 1527 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 353–354 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4121–4122 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 417–418 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 283–284 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3462–3463 |
| Holocene calendar | 10361 |
| Igbo calendar | −639 – −638 |
| Iranian calendar | 261 BP – 260 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 269 BH – 268 BH |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Juche calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 361 CCCLXI |
| Korean calendar | 2694 |
| Minguo calendar | 1551 before ROC 民前1551年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 904 |
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Emperor Julian the Apostate
Year 361 (CCCLXI) 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 Taurus and Florentius (or, less frequently, year 1114 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 361 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
- November 3 – Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia, age 44, on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian the Apostate rightful successor.
- December 11 – Julian becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire, he rules from Constantinople and tries to restore paganism. Constantius II is buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles.
- Ministers and followers of Constantius II are put to trial at the Chalcedon tribunal.
China
- July 10 – Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin Aidi, age 20, succeeds Jin Mudi as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
By topic
Art
- 361–363 – Julian the Apostate, coin is issued. It is now kept at the British Museum, London.
Medicine
- Constantinople enforces a strict licensing system for physicians.
Religion
- Emperor Julian tries to organize a pagan church and substitute it for Christianity. Pope Liberius repudiates the Arian creed and declares that the Council of Arminium had no authority to issue decrees.
- Gregory Nazianzus, (Saint Gregory the Theologian), returns to Nazianzus and becomes a priest by his father. Who wants him to assist local Christians.
- December 24 – George of Cappadocia is murdered in Alexandria and Athanasius returns to his native city in triumph.
Births
Deaths
- Apodemius, Roman officer and secret agent
- November 3 – Constantius II, Roman Emperor (b. 317)
- Eusebius, Roman officer
- George of Cappadocia, archbishop of Alexandria
- Jin Mudi, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (b. 343)
- Li Shi, emperor of the Chinese Ba-Di state Cheng Han
- Song Hun, regent of the Chinese state Former Liang
- Wang Xizhi, Chinese calligrapher (b. 303)
References
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