266

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century
Decades:	230s  240s  250s  – 260s –  270s  280s  290s
Years:	263 264 265 – 266 – 267 268 269

266 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	266 CCLXVI
Ab urbe condita	1019
Assyrian calendar	5016
Balinese saka calendar	187–188
Bengali calendar	−327
Berber calendar	1216
Buddhist calendar	810
Burmese calendar	−372
Byzantine calendar	5774–5775
Chinese calendar	乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 2962 or 2902     — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 2963 or 2903
Coptic calendar	−18 – −17
Discordian calendar	1432
Ethiopian calendar	258–259
Hebrew calendar	4026–4027
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	322–323
- Shaka Samvat	187–188
- Kali Yuga	3366–3367
Holocene calendar	10266
Iranian calendar	356 BP – 355 BP
Islamic calendar	367 BH – 366 BH
Javanese calendar	145–146
Julian calendar	266 CCLXVI
Korean calendar	2599
Minguo calendar	1646 before ROC 民前1646年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1202
Seleucid era	577/578 AG
Thai solar calendar	808–809
Tibetan calendar	阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 392 or 11 or −761     — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 393 or 12 or −760

King Odaenathus (totius Orientis imperator)

Year 266 (CCLXVI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• King Odaenathus of Palmyra invades Persia. He takes the capital Ctesiphon. He gives himself with the title "king of kings".

Ireland

• The rule of High King Cormac mac Airt ends (approximate date).

Births

• Wang Dun, general of the Jin Dynasty (d. 324)