235
235
Calendar year
Year 235 (CCXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (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 Quintianus (or, less frequently, year 988 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 235 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 235. For the number, see 235 (number).
Quick Facts
| Gregorian calendar | 235 CCXXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 988 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4985 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 156–157 |
| Bengali calendar | −358 |
| Berber calendar | 1185 |
| Buddhist calendar | 779 |
| Burmese calendar | −403 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5743–5744 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2932 or 2725 — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2933 or 2726 |
| Coptic calendar | −49 – −48 |
| Discordian calendar | 1401 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 227–228 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3995–3996 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 291–292 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 156–157 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3335–3336 |
| Holocene calendar | 10235 |
| Iranian calendar | 387 BP – 386 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 399 BH – 398 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 113–114 |
| Julian calendar | 235 CCXXXV |
| Korean calendar | 2568 |
| Minguo calendar | 1677 before ROC 民前1677年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1233 |
| Seleucid era | 546/547 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 777–778 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 361 or −20 or −792 — to — 阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 362 or −19 or −791 |
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By place
Roman Empire
- March 22 – Emperor Severus Alexander and his mother Iulia Mamaea are murdered by their own soldiers. The soldiers proclaim Maximinus Thrax as emperor. The Severan dynasty ends, marking the beginning of the Crisis of the Third Century.[1]
By topic
Religion
- September 28 – Pope Pontian resigns, the first to abdicate, because he and Hippolytus, church leader of Rome, are exiled to the mines of Sardinia. Emperor Maximinus persecutes the Christians.[2]
- November 21 – Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope of Rome.[3]
- Sun Xiu, Chinese emperor of the Eastern Wu state (d. 264)[4]
- March 22 – Severus Alexander, Roman emperor (b. 208)[1]
- Cao Gun, Chinese imperial prince[5]
- Cassius Dio, Roman historian[6]
- Chen Zhen (or Xiaoqi), Chinese official and politician[7]
- Gaius Petronius Magnus, Roman consul and usurper[8]
- Guo Nüwang, Chinese emperres[5]
- Hippolytus, Christian theologian and writer (b. 170)
- Julia Avita Mamaea, mother of Severus Alexander (b. 180)
- Tiberius Julius Cotys III (or Kotys), Roman client king
- Tiberius Julius Rhescuporis IV, Roman client king
- Titius Quartinus, Roman governor and usurper
- Xin Pi (or Zuozhi), Chinese official and politician
- Yang Yi (or Weigong), Chinese official and adviser
- Kirsch, Johann Peter (1911). "Pope St. Pontian" in The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- Shahan, Thomas (1907). "Pope St. Anterus" in The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- Xiong, Victor Cunrui (2009). Historical Dictionary of Medieval China. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 484. ISBN 9780810860537.
- Rafe de Crespigny (2006). A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms. Brill. pp. 42, 279. ISBN 9789047411840.
- "Cassius Dio". Encyclopædia Britannica. January 1, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature. Vol. 1. BRILL. 2010. p. 383. ISBN 9789047444664.
- "Maximinus Thrax". De Imperatoribus Romanis. Archived from the original on June 9, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2022.