291
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 260s 270s 280s – 290s – 300s 310s 320s |
| Years: | 288 289 290 – 291 – 292 293 294 |
| 291 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 291 CCXCI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1044 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5041 |
| Bengali calendar | −302 |
| Berber calendar | 1241 |
| Buddhist calendar | 835 |
| Burmese calendar | −347 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5799–5800 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 2987 or 2927 — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2988 or 2928 |
| Coptic calendar | 7–8 |
| Discordian calendar | 1457 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 283–284 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4051–4052 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 347–348 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 213–214 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3392–3393 |
| Holocene calendar | 10291 |
| Iranian calendar | 331 BP – 330 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 341 BH – 340 BH |
| Julian calendar | 291 CCXCI |
| Korean calendar | 2624 |
| Minguo calendar | 1621 before ROC 民前1621年 |
| Seleucid era | 602/603 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 833–834 |
Year 291 (CCXCI) 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 Tiberianus and Dio (or, less frequently, year 1044 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 291 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
- Emperor Diocletian signs peace treaties with the kingdoms of Aksum and Nubia.
China
- War of the Eight Princes: After the death of Emperor Sima Yan (Jin Wudi) a civil war breaks out among the princes and dukes of the Jin Dynasty. The struggle devastates and depopulates the provinces of northern China.
Births
- Li Xiu, female general during the Jin Dynasty
- Saint Agnes, Christian martyress (d. c. 304)
- Saint Hilarion, anchorite and saint (d. 371)
- Saint Philomena, Christian martyress (d. c. 304)
Deaths
- Sima Liang, regent during the reign of Sima Yan
- Sima Wei, prince during the Jin Dynasty (b. 271)
- Wei Guan, general of the Kingdom of Wei (b. 220)
- Wen Yang, general of the Kingdom of Wei (b. 238)
- Yang Jun, official during the reign of Sima Yan
