224

Year 224 (CCXXIV) was a leap 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 Iulianus and Crispinus (or, less frequently, year 977 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 224 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	200s 210s 220s 230s 240s
Years:	221 222 223 224 225 226 227

224 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	224 CCXXIV
Ab urbe condita	977
Assyrian calendar	4974
Balinese saka calendar	145–146
Bengali calendar	−369
Berber calendar	1174
Buddhist calendar	768
Burmese calendar	−414
Byzantine calendar	5732–5733
Chinese calendar	癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 2920 or 2860     — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2921 or 2861
Coptic calendar	−60 – −59
Discordian calendar	1390
Ethiopian calendar	216–217
Hebrew calendar	3984–3985
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	280–281
- Shaka Samvat	145–146
- Kali Yuga	3324–3325
Holocene calendar	10224
Iranian calendar	398 BP – 397 BP
Islamic calendar	410 BH – 409 BH
Javanese calendar	102–103
Julian calendar	224 CCXXIV
Korean calendar	2557
Minguo calendar	1688 before ROC 民前1688年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1244
Seleucid era	535/536 AG
Thai solar calendar	766–767
Tibetan calendar	阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 350 or −31 or −803     — to — 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 351 or −30 or −802

Events

Parthia

• April 28 – Battle of Hormozdgan in Shushtar: King Ardashir I defeats Artabanus V, destroying the Parthian Empire, and establishing the Sassanid Dynasty. Artabanus V's brother Vologases VI will continue to rule, with Armenian and Kushan support, over outlying parts of Parthia.

Births

• King Jungcheon of Goguryeo (d. 270)
• Marcus Aurelius Carus, Roman emperor (d. 283)
• Saint Mercurius, Christian saint and martyr (d. 250)
• Pei Xiu, Chinese official, geographer, writer and cartographer of the Jin Dynasty (d. 271)
• Sun He, Chinese prince of the Eastern Wu state (d. 253)

Deaths

• April 28 – Artabanus V of Parthia

References