283

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century
Decades:	250s  260s  270s  – 280s –  290s  300s  310s
Years:	280 281 282 – 283 – 284 285 286

283 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	283 CCLXXXIII
Ab urbe condita	1036
Assyrian calendar	5033
Balinese saka calendar	204–205
Bengali calendar	−310
Berber calendar	1233
Buddhist calendar	827
Burmese calendar	−355
Byzantine calendar	5791–5792
Chinese calendar	壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 2979 or 2919     — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 2980 or 2920
Coptic calendar	−1 – 0
Discordian calendar	1449
Ethiopian calendar	275–276
Hebrew calendar	4043–4044
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	339–340
- Shaka Samvat	204–205
- Kali Yuga	3383–3384
Holocene calendar	10283
Iranian calendar	339 BP – 338 BP
Islamic calendar	349 BH – 348 BH
Javanese calendar	162–163
Julian calendar	283 CCLXXXIII
Korean calendar	2616
Minguo calendar	1629 before ROC 民前1629年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1185
Seleucid era	594/595 AG
Thai solar calendar	825–826
Tibetan calendar	阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 409 or 28 or −744     — to — 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 410 or 29 or −743

Year 283 (CCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Carus travels through Thrace and Asia Minor. He invades Syria and Mesopotamia.
• Carus gets the title of Persicus Maximus.
• Carus dies. During a violent dust storm he is killed by a stroke of lightning.
• Marcus Aurelius Carinus succeeds his father Carus.
• December – Numerian is made Emperor by his soldiers.

By topic

Religion

• December 17 – Pope Caius succeeds Pope Eutychian as the 28th pope.

Births

• Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop and saint (approximate date)
• Ge Hong, Chinese taoist and government official (d. 343)

Deaths

• December 7 – Pope Eutychian
• Marcus Aurelius Carus, Roman emperor (b. 224)
• Shan Tao, Chinese taoist (b. 205)