284
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 250s 260s 270s – 280s – 290s 300s 310s |
| Years: | 281 282 283 – 284 – 285 286 287 |
| 284 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 284 CCLXXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1037 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5034 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 205–206 |
| Bengali calendar | −309 |
| Berber calendar | 1234 |
| Buddhist calendar | 828 |
| Burmese calendar | −354 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5792–5793 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 2980 or 2920 — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2981 or 2921 |
| Coptic calendar | 0–1 |
| Discordian calendar | 1450 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 276–277 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4044–4045 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 340–341 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 205–206 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3384–3385 |
| Holocene calendar | 10284 |
| Iranian calendar | 338 BP – 337 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 348 BH – 347 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 163–165 |
| Julian calendar | 284 CCLXXXIV |
| Korean calendar | 2617 |
| Minguo calendar | 1628 before ROC 民前1628年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1184 |
| Seleucid era | 595/596 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 826–827 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 410 or 29 or −743 — to — 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 411 or 30 or −742 |
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Year 284 (CCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
[change | change source]By place
[change | change source]Roman Empire
[change | change source]- The Bagaudae, a group of peasants, revolt in Gaul against the Roman Empire. The Dardani, a region in Illyria, becomes a Roman province.
- Emperor Numerian travels through Bithynia (Asia Minor). He is murdered on his way home to Rome.
- November 20 – Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, age 39, is made emperor.
- Sabinus Julianus, Roman usurper against Emperor Carinus, revolts in Pannonia. He attacks northern Italy and makes himself emperor.
- Winter – Diocletianus moves with his army across the Balkans.
By topic
[change | change source]Religion
[change | change source]- Patriarch Rufinus I succeeds Patriarch Dometius as Patriarch of Constantinople.
Births
[change | change source]- Jin Huidi, Chinese emperor of the Jin Dynasty (d. 313)
Deaths
[change | change source]- Diophantus, Greek mathematician (approximate date)
- Marcus Aurelius Numerian, Roman Emperor
- Sun Hao, last emperor of the Kingdom of Wu (b. 242)
- Xin Xianying, daughter of Xin Pi (b. 205)