241
Appearance
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
Decades: | 210s 220s 230s – 240s – 250s 260s 270s |
Years: | 238 239 240 – 241 – 242 243 244 |
241 by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 241 CCXLI |
Ab urbe condita | 994 |
Assyrian calendar | 4991 |
Balinese saka calendar | 162–163 |
Bengali calendar | −352 |
Berber calendar | 1191 |
Buddhist calendar | 785 |
Burmese calendar | −397 |
Byzantine calendar | 5749–5750 |
Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2937 or 2877 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2938 or 2878 |
Coptic calendar | −43 – −42 |
Discordian calendar | 1407 |
Ethiopian calendar | 233–234 |
Hebrew calendar | 4001–4002 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 297–298 |
- Shaka Samvat | 162–163 |
- Kali Yuga | 3341–3342 |
Holocene calendar | 10241 |
Iranian calendar | 381 BP – 380 BP |
Islamic calendar | 393 BH – 392 BH |
Javanese calendar | 119–120 |
Julian calendar | 241 CCXLI |
Korean calendar | 2574 |
Minguo calendar | 1671 before ROC 民前1671年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1227 |
Seleucid era | 552/553 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 783–784 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 367 or −14 or −786 — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 368 or −13 or −785 |

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Year 241 (CCXLI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
[change | change source]By place
[change | change source]Roman Empire
[change | change source]- Winter – Emperor Gordian III reaches Antioch. He gets his army ready to fight against the Persians.
- Timesitheus becomes Praetorian Prefect
Persia
[change | change source]- Shapur I succeeds his father Ardashir I as king of Persia.
- The ancient city of Bagram (Afghanistan) is abandoned.
- Shapur I adds parts of the Kushan Empire.
Europe
[change | change source]- November 1 – The Battle of Samhain is fought in Ireland.
Births
[change | change source]- Cao Mao, emperor of the Kingdom of Wei (possible date) (d. 260)
Deaths
[change | change source]- Ardashir I, first ruler of the Sassanid dynasty
- Zhuge Jin, minister of the Chinese Kingdom of Wu, older brother of Zhuge Liang (b. 174)
- Sun Deng, eldest son of Sun Quan (b. 209)