This article is about the year 226. For other uses, see 226 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 190s 200s 210s – 220s – 230s 240s 250s |
| Years: | 223 224 225 – 226 – 227 228 229 |
| 226 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 226 CCXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 979 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1618 – -1617 |
| Berber calendar | 1176 |
| Buddhist calendar | 770 |
| Burmese calendar | -412 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5734 – 5735 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙巳年十一月十五日 (2862/2922-11-15) — to —
丙午年十一月廿五日(2863/2923-11-25) |
| Coptic calendar | -58 – -57 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 218 – 219 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3986 – 3987 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 281 – 282 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 148 – 149 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3327 – 3328 |
| Holocene calendar | 10226 |
| Iranian calendar | 396 BP – 395 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 408 BH – 407 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2559 |
| Thai solar calendar | 769 |
Events
By place
Asia
- Cao Rui becomes emperor of the Kingdom of Wei of China.
- Ardashir I, a vassal of Parthian king Artabanus V, defeats Artabanus V at Hormuz and is crowned "King of Kings" of Persia (Iran), beginning the 400 year-reign of the Sassanid Empire.
- The Empire of Parthia falls.
- A merchant from the Roman Empire called "Qin Lun" by the Chinese, arrives in Jiaozhi (near modern Hanoi) and is taken to see Sun Quan, the King of Wu, who requests him to make a report on his native country and people. He is given an escort for the return trip including a present of ten male and ten female "blackish-coloured dwarfs." However, the officer in charge of the Chinese escort dies on the way and Qin Lun has to continue his journey home alone. See: [1] An annotated translation of the Weilue.
Births
Deaths
- June 29 – Cao Pi, Emperor of the Kingdom of Wei of China (b. 187)
- Shi Xie, ruler of Jiaozhi (b. 137)
- Shi Hui, son of Shi Xie
- Shi Zhi, eldest son of Shi Xie
- Artabanus IV, last ruler of the Parthian Empire
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