219
This article is about the year 219. For the number, see 219 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 180s 190s 200s – 210s – 220s 230s 240s |
| Years: | 216 217 218 – 219 – 220 221 222 |
| 219 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 219 CCXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 972 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4969 |
| Bengali calendar | −374 |
| Berber calendar | 1169 |
| Buddhist calendar | 763 |
| Burmese calendar | −419 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5727–5728 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 2915 or 2855 — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 2916 or 2856 |
| Coptic calendar | −65 – −64 |
| Discordian calendar | 1385 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 211–212 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3979–3980 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 275–276 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 141–142 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3320–3321 |
| Holocene calendar | 10219 |
| Iranian calendar | 403 BP – 402 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 415 BH – 414 BH |
| Julian calendar | 219 CCXIX |
| Korean calendar | 2552 |
| Minguo calendar | 1693 before ROC 民前1693年 |
| Seleucid era | 530/531 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 761–762 |
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Emperor Elagabalus
Year 219 (CCXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (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 Sacerdos (or, less frequently, year 972 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 219 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
- Imperator Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (Elagabalus) and Quintus Tineius Sacerdos become Roman Consuls.
- Julia Maesa arranges for her grandson Elagabalus a marriage with Julia Paula. The wedding is a lavish ceremony and Paula is given the honorific title of Augusta.
- Legions III Gallica and IV Scythica are disbanded by Elagabalus after their leaders, Verus and Gellius Maximus, rebel.
- Emperor Elagabalus, age 15, is initiated into the worship of the Phrygian gods Cybele and Attis.
Asia
- The reign of Pulona, Satavahana king of Andhra, begins in India.
- The Battle of Mount Dingjun ends with Liu Bei emerging victorious. He declares himself king of Hanzhong afterwards.
- Guan Yu, great general of Shu, floods the city of Fancheng in the Battle of Fancheng, while Lü Meng of Eastern Wu captures his home base. Guan Yu retreats and is defeated at Battle of Maicheng.
- General Cao Cao controls the Huang He basin and north of the country. General Sun Quan seizes southernmost China. Liu Bei controls the province of Sichuan.
- Tuoba Liwei becomes the first chieftain of the Tuoba clan of the Xianbei people.
Births
- Sun Jun, general of the Kingdom of Wu (d. 256)
Deaths
- August – Yang Xiu (b. 175)
- Guan Ping, son of Guan Yu
- Guan Yu, celebrated general of Liu Bei
- Jiang Qin, an officer in the kingdom of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China (b. 168)
- Liu Zhang, former ruler of Yizhou (b. 162)
- Lü Meng, general of Sun Quan, planned Guan Yu's capture (b. 178)
- Mi Zhu, adviser first to Tao Qian, and later Liu Bei
- Pang De (executed by Guan Yu)
- Sima Fang, father of Sima Yi and grandfather of Sima Shi and Sima Zhao (b. 149)
- Verus, Roman usurper, senator and commander of Legio III Gallica in Syria
- Xiahou Yuan, general and relative of Cao Cao
- Zhang Hong, minister under Sun Quan (b. 153)
- Zhang Zhongjing, Chinese physician and pharmacologist (b. 150)
- Zhao Lei, supply officer of Liu Bei
References
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