300
| Centuries: | 3rd century · 4th century · 5th century |
| Decades: | 270s 280s 290s 300s 310s 320s 330s |
| Years: | 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 |
| 300 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 300 CCC |
| Ab urbe condita | 1053 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5050 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 221–222 |
| Bengali calendar | −293 |
| Berber calendar | 1250 |
| Buddhist calendar | 844 |
| Burmese calendar | −338 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5808–5809 |
| Chinese calendar | 己未年 (Earth Goat) 2997 or 2790 — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2998 or 2791 |
| Coptic calendar | 16–17 |
| Discordian calendar | 1466 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 292–293 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4060–4061 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 356–357 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 221–222 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3400–3401 |
| Holocene calendar | 10300 |
| Iranian calendar | 322 BP – 321 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 332 BH – 331 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 180–181 |
| Julian calendar | 300 CCC |
| Korean calendar | 2633 |
| Minguo calendar | 1612 before ROC 民前1612年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1168 |
| Seleucid era | 611/612 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 842–843 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 426 or 45 or −727 — to — 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 427 or 46 or −726 |
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Franks penetrate into northern Belgium (approximate date).
- Split is built in Dalmatia.
- Diocletian's wall is built in Palmyra.
- Romano-Celtic temple-mausoleum complex is constructed in Lullingstone, and also in Anderitum (approximate date).
Europe
Africa
- The elephant becomes extinct from North Africa around this date.
- The Algerian Wild Ass becomes extinct around this date.
The Americas
- Maya civilization is established in what is now Belize.
By Topic
Arts and Sciences
- Magnetic compass for navigation is invented in China (approximate date).
- A Sanskrit collection of fables and fairy tales, the Panchatantra is written in India.
Religion
- Peter of Alexandria becomes Patriarch of Alexandria.
- Possible date of the Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus, manuscripts of the Bible written in Greek.
- Tiridates III makes his kingdom of Armenia the first state to adopt Christianity as its official religion.
- Approximate date of the Synod of Elvira in Elvira, Spain, which was a church council that prohibited interaction with Jews, pagans, and heretics.
Births
- Asanga, founder of the Yogacara of Mahayana Buddhism (approximate date).
- Hilary of Poitiers (approximate date)
Deaths
- December 28 - Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria
- Sporus of Nicaea, Greek mathematician and astronomer (approximate date)