266
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 230s 240s 250s – 260s – 270s 280s 290s |
| Years: | 263 264 265 – 266 – 267 268 269 |
| 266 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 266 CCLXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1019 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5016 |
| Bengali calendar | −327 |
| Berber calendar | 1216 |
| Buddhist calendar | 810 |
| Burmese calendar | −372 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5774–5775 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 2962 or 2902 — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 2963 or 2903 |
| Coptic calendar | −18 – −17 |
| Discordian calendar | 1432 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 258–259 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4026–4027 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 322–323 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 188–189 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3367–3368 |
| Holocene calendar | 10266 |
| Iranian calendar | 356 BP – 355 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 367 BH – 366 BH |
| Julian calendar | 266 CCLXVI |
| Korean calendar | 2599 |
| Minguo calendar | 1646 before ROC 民前1646年 |
| Seleucid era | 577/578 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 808–809 |
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King Odaenathus (totius Orientis imperator)
Year 266 (CCLXVI) 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 Gallienus and Sabinillus (or, less frequently, year 1019 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 266 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
- King Odaenathus of Palmyra invades Persia to conquer the capital Ctesiphon and twice comes as far as the walls of the Persian capital but fails to take it.[1][2][3] After his victories in the East he pronounces himself with the title "king of kings".
Ireland
- The rule of High King Cormac mac Airt ends (approximate date).
Births
Deaths
References
- ↑ Who's Who in the Roman World By John Hazel
- ↑ Babylonia Judaica in the Talmudic Period By A'haron Oppenheimer, Benjamin H. Isaac, Michael Lecker
- ↑ The New Encyclopaedia Britannica