220

This article is about the year 220. For the number, see 220 (number). For other uses, see 220 (disambiguation).

Year 220 (CCXX) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Antonius and Eutychianus (or, less frequently, year 973 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 220 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:	217 218 219 220 221 222 223

220 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	220 CCXX
Ab urbe condita	973
Assyrian calendar	4970
Balinese saka calendar	141–142
Bengali calendar	−373
Berber calendar	1170
Buddhist calendar	764
Burmese calendar	−418
Byzantine calendar	5728–5729
Chinese calendar	己亥年 (Earth Pig) 2917 or 2710     — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2918 or 2711
Coptic calendar	−64 – −63
Discordian calendar	1386
Ethiopian calendar	212–213
Hebrew calendar	3980–3981
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	276–277
- Shaka Samvat	141–142
- Kali Yuga	3320–3321
Holocene calendar	10220
Iranian calendar	402 BP – 401 BP
Islamic calendar	414 BH – 413 BH
Javanese calendar	98–99
Julian calendar	220 CCXX
Korean calendar	2553
Minguo calendar	1692 before ROC 民前1692年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1248
Seleucid era	531/532 AG
Thai solar calendar	762–763
Tibetan calendar	阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 346 or −35 or −807     — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 347 or −34 or −806

Emperor Cao Pi and his ministers

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• The Goths invade Asia Minor and the Balkans.
• An Indian delegation visits the Roman emperor Elagabalus.
• Great frost in Roman Britain is said to have lasted for five months.
• Imperator Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (Elagabalus) and Publius Valerius Comazon become Roman consuls.
• Elagabalus divorces Julia Paula and marries Aquilia Severa, a Vestal Virgin. The wedding causes an enormous controversy – traditionally, the punishment for breaking celibacy is death by being buried alive.

Parthian Empire

• King Ardashir I, founder of the Sassanid dynasty, gains support from some Parthian sub-kings and revolts against the rule of Vologases VI. Ardashir, a grandson of Sasan, had ruled Persis since 208 and six years earlier gained control of the region surrounding Persepolis.

China

• March 15 – Cao Cao, Imperial Chancellor and ruler of the Kingdom of Wei, dies.
• December 11 – Cao Pi receives the abdication of Emperor Xian of Han and proclaims himself emperor of Cao Wei. This ends the Han dynasty, the former emperor being created Duke of Shanyang.

By topic

Religion

• The Wei dynasty gives official recognition to Taoism as its religious sect, and the sect’s celestial masters reciprocate, by giving spiritual approbation to the Wei as successors to the Han. By the end of the century, most powerful families in northern China have subscribed to Daoist principles.

Births

• Wei Guan, Chinese official of the Cao Wei state and the Western Jin dynasty (d. 291)

Deaths

• March 15 – Cao Cao, Chinese warlord of the Eastern Han dynasty (b. 155)
• June 13 – Xiahou Dun, Chinese general serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Cao Cao
• December – Cheng Yu, Chinese official serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Cao Cao (b. 141)
• Fa Zheng, Chinese official serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Liu Bei (b. 176)
• Guan Yu, Chinese general serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Liu Bei
• Guan Ping, son of Guan Yu
• Huang Zhong, Chinese general serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Liu Bei
• Lü Meng, Chinese general serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Sun Quan (b. 178)
• Bassilla, Roman actress, dancer and singer (approximate year)
• Tertullian, first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature (b. 155)