237
This article is about the year 237. For the number, see 237 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 200s 210s 220s – 230s – 240s 250s 260s |
| Years: | 234 235 236 – 237 – 238 239 240 |
| 237 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 237 CCXXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 990 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4987 |
| Bengali calendar | −356 |
| Berber calendar | 1187 |
| Buddhist calendar | 781 |
| Burmese calendar | −401 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5745–5746 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 2933 or 2873 — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 2934 or 2874 |
| Coptic calendar | −47 – −46 |
| Discordian calendar | 1403 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 229–230 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3997–3998 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 293–294 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 159–160 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3338–3339 |
| Holocene calendar | 10237 |
| Iranian calendar | 385 BP – 384 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 397 BH – 396 BH |
| Julian calendar | 237 CCXXXVII |
| Korean calendar | 2570 |
| Minguo calendar | 1675 before ROC 民前1675年 |
| Seleucid era | 548/549 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 779–780 |
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Year 237 (CCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Perpetuus and Felix (or, less frequently, year 990 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 237 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
- Emperor Maximinus Thrax campaigns on the rivers Danube and Rhine in Germania, defeating the Alemanni and never visits Rome. He is accepted by the Roman Senate, but taxes the rich aristocracy heavily and engenders such hostility among them that they plot against him.
Persia
- King Ardashir I of Persia renews his attacks on the Roman province of Mesopotamia.
By topic
Religion
- Patriarch Eugenius I succeeds Patriarch Castinus as Patriarch of Constantinople.
- Saint Babylas becomes Patriarch of Antioch.
Births
- Alexander of Constantinople, future Patriarch of Constantinople
- Philippus II, Roman Emperor (d. 249)
Deaths
- Empress Zhang, empress of Shu-Han and wife of Liu Shan
- Empress Cao Jie
- Empress Mao
- Xue Zong, official of Wu
- Ling Tong, general of Wu (b. 189)