290

This article is about the year 290. For the number, see 290 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century
Decades:	260s  270s  280s  – 290s –  300s  310s  320s
Years:	287 288 289 – 290 – 291 292 293

290 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

290 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	290 CCXC
Ab urbe condita	1043
Assyrian calendar	5040
Bengali calendar	−303
Berber calendar	1240
Buddhist calendar	834
Burmese calendar	−348
Byzantine calendar	5798–5799
Chinese calendar	己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 2986 or 2926     — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 2987 or 2927
Coptic calendar	6–7
Discordian calendar	1456
Ethiopian calendar	282–283
Hebrew calendar	4050–4051
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	346–347
- Shaka Samvat	212–213
- Kali Yuga	3391–3392
Holocene calendar	10290
Iranian calendar	332 BP – 331 BP
Islamic calendar	342 BH – 341 BH
Julian calendar	290 CCXC
Korean calendar	2623
Minguo calendar	1622 before ROC 民前1622年
Seleucid era	601/602 AG
Thai solar calendar	832–833

Litus Saxonicum (England)

Year 290 (CCXC) 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 Valerius and Valerius (or, less frequently, year 1043 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 290 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

• Emperors Diocletian and Maximian meet in Milan on the five-year anniversary of their rule to discuss politics and war. Rome becomes a ceremonial capital.
• Carausius, who has established himself as king of Britain, is also reluctantly acknowledged by Diocletian and Maximian as third emperor. He defeats during his reign Frankish and Saxon raids on the English coast.
• Carausius begins to build a series of fortifications on the Saxon Shore in south-east England.

Asia

• May 17 – Emperor Jin Wudi, founder of the Western Jin Dynasty, dies after a 25-year reign. He reunifies north and south, but gives away many dukedoms to his kinsmen. Crown Prince Jin Huidi succeeds his father and has to deal with conflicts among the aristocratic families in China.

Births

• Pappus of Alexandria, Greek mathematician (d. c. 350)

Deaths

• May 17 – Sima Yan (Jin Wudi), first emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 236)