307
307
Calendar year
Year 307 (CCCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Maximinus (or, less frequently, year 1060 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 307 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.
This article is about the year 307. For the number, see 307 (number). For other uses, see 307 (disambiguation).
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Quick Facts
| Gregorian calendar | 307 CCCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1060 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5057 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 228–229 |
| Bengali calendar | −286 |
| Berber calendar | 1257 |
| Buddhist calendar | 851 |
| Burmese calendar | −331 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5815–5816 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3004 or 2797 — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 3005 or 2798 |
| Coptic calendar | 23–24 |
| Discordian calendar | 1473 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 299–300 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4067–4068 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 363–364 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 228–229 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3407–3408 |
| Holocene calendar | 10307 |
| Iranian calendar | 315 BP – 314 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 325 BH – 324 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 187–188 |
| Julian calendar | 307 CCCVII |
| Korean calendar | 2640 |
| Minguo calendar | 1605 before ROC 民前1605年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1161 |
| Seleucid era | 618/619 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 849–850 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 433 or 52 or −720 — to — 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 434 or 53 or −719 |
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Roman Empire
- Winter: Emperor Galerius wins his second victory over the Sarmatians.
- Galerius sends Valerius Severus with the army of northern Italy, to suppress the rebellion in Rome. However, faced with their former emperor Maximian, the soldiers desert him, and Severus flees to Ravenna. Maximian besieges Severus in Ravenna, who then surrenders. Maxentius makes Severus a hostage, in an attempt to keep Galerius at bay.
- Summer: Anticipating an offensive by Galerius, Maximian travels to Gaul to make an alliance with Constantine I.
- Late summer or autumn: Galerius invades Italy but Maxentius remains behind the walls of Rome. Galerius finds he cannot besiege the city, and the image of an emperor making efforts against Rome hurts Galerius' image among the troops. The fact that Maxentius is his son-in-law does not help, and Maxentius makes an effort to bribe Galerius' troops. Galerius unsuccessfully attempts to negotiate, and recognizing Maxentius' attempts at bribery and the danger of being trapped in Italy by Maximian and Constantine, Galerius chooses to withdraw from Italy. To satiate his troops during the withdrawal, he pillages the Italian countryside. Meanwhile, Maxentius executes Severus.
- December: Constantine marries Maximian's daughter Fausta, and is promoted to Augustus by Maximian.[1]
- Near the end of the year, Galerius gives his wife (Diocletian's daughter) Galeria Valeria the title of Augusta.
China
- January 8 – Emperor Hui of Jin dies after a 16-year reign, in which eight dukes of the imperial family have conducted a civil war (War of the Eight Princes) against each other in a struggle for power. Huai of Jin, age 23, succeeds his father and becomes the third ruler of the Jin Dynasty.
- Zhang Jun, Chinese prince of the Jin Dynasty (d. 346)
- January 8 – Hui of Jin, Chinese emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 259)
- September 16 – Severus II, Roman emperor (murdered)
- Septimius of Iesi, German bishop, martyr and saint
- Tuoba Luguan, Chinese chieftain of the Tuoba clan
- Baker-Brian, Nicholas; Tougher, Shaun (May 30, 2020). The Sons of Constantine, AD 337-361: In the Shadows of Constantine and Julian. Springer Nature. p. 197. ISBN 978-3-030-39898-9. Retrieved February 8, 2024.