208
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This article is about the year 208. For other uses, see 208 (number).
For the area code, see Area code 208.
| Centuries: | 2nd century · 3rd century · 4th century |
| Decades: | 170s 180s 190s 200s 210s 220s 230s |
| Years: | 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 |
| 208 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 208 CCVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 961 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1636 – -1635 |
| Buddhist calendar | 752 |
| Chinese calendar | 2844/2904-11-26 (丁亥年十一月廿六日) — to —
2845/2905-12-7(戊子年十二月初七日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 200 – 201 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3968 – 3969 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 263 – 264 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 130 – 131 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3309 – 3310 |
| Holocene calendar | 10208 |
| Iranian calendar | 414 BP – 413 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 427 BH – 426 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 868 (皇紀868年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 10208 |
| Julian calendar | 253 |
| Korean calendar | 2541 |
| Thai solar calendar | 751 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] Roman Empire
- Roman emperor Septimius Severus repairs the Antonine Wall (his repairs are sometimes called the Severan Wall).
- Campaigns of Severus, Caracalla and Geta against the Caledonians and the Macates in Britain.
[edit] Asia
- December 10 – Cao Cao writes Duǎn Gē Xíng.
- Beginning of the reign of Artaban V as king of the Parthians.
- Liu Bei escapes from Cao Cao at the Battle of Changban.
- Zhou Yu and Liu Bei defeat Cao Cao at the Battle of Red Cliffs.
[edit] Births
- October 1 - Alexander Severus, future Roman emperor
[edit] Deaths
- Cao Chong
- Kong Rong, Chinese scholar, executed
- Liu Biao, protector, or ruler, of Jingzhou
- Xiahou En, killed at the Battle of Changban
- Vologases V, ruler of the Parthian Empire
