221

This article is about the year 221. For the number, see 221 (number). For other uses, see 221 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	200s 210s 220s 230s 240s
Years:	218 219 220 221 222 223 224

221 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	221 CCXXI
Ab urbe condita	974
Assyrian calendar	4971
Balinese saka calendar	142–143
Bengali calendar	−372
Berber calendar	1171
Buddhist calendar	765
Burmese calendar	−417
Byzantine calendar	5729–5730
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2918 or 2711     — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 2919 or 2712
Coptic calendar	−63 – −62
Discordian calendar	1387
Ethiopian calendar	213–214
Hebrew calendar	3981–3982
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	277–278
- Shaka Samvat	142–143
- Kali Yuga	3321–3322
Holocene calendar	10221
Iranian calendar	401 BP – 400 BP
Islamic calendar	413 BH – 412 BH
Javanese calendar	99–100
Julian calendar	221 CCXXI
Korean calendar	2554
Minguo calendar	1691 before ROC 民前1691年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1247
Seleucid era	532/533 AG
Thai solar calendar	763–764
Tibetan calendar	阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 347 or −34 or −806     — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 348 or −33 or −805

Statue of Liu Bei in the temple of Zhuge Liang, Chengdu (China)

Year 221 (CCXXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gratus and Vitellius (or, less frequently, year 974 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 221 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.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• June 26 – Emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.
• July – Elagabalus is forced to divorce Aquilia Severa and marries his third wife Annia Faustina. After five months he returns to Severa and claims that the original divorce is invalid. The marriage is symbolic, because Elagabalus appears to be homosexual or bisexual. According to the historian Cassius Dio, he has a stable relationship with his chariot driver, the slave Hierocles.

Asia

• May 15 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord and descendant of the royal family of the Han Dynasty, proclaims himself emperor in Sichuan and establish the Kingdom of Shu Han. Three kingdoms arise – the Wei in the north, the Wu in the south and the Shu Han in the west.

Births

• Yang Hu, general of the Jaén Dynasty (d. 278)a
• Liu Ling, Chinese poet and scholar (d. 300)

Deaths

• August 4 – Lady Zhen (forced to commit suicide by Cao Pi) (b. 183)
• Gongsun Kang, general of Wei
• Mi Zhu, advisor of Liu Bei (b. 165)
• Yu Jin, general under Cao Cao
• Zhang Fei, general of Shu (assassinated by his subordinates Fan Qiang (范彊) and Zhang Da (張達)) (b. 167)