209

This article is about the year 209. For the number, see 209 (number). For other uses, see 209 (disambiguation).

Year 209 (CCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Commodus and Lollianus (or, less frequently, year 962 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 209 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	180s 190s 200s 210s 220s
Years:	206 207 208 209 210 211 212

209 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	209 CCIX
Ab urbe condita	962
Assyrian calendar	4959
Balinese saka calendar	130–131
Bengali calendar	−384
Berber calendar	1159
Buddhist calendar	753
Burmese calendar	−429
Byzantine calendar	5717–5718
Chinese calendar	戊子年 (Earth Rat) 2906 or 2699     — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 2907 or 2700
Coptic calendar	−75 – −74
Discordian calendar	1375
Ethiopian calendar	201–202
Hebrew calendar	3969–3970
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	265–266
- Shaka Samvat	130–131
- Kali Yuga	3309–3310
Holocene calendar	10209
Iranian calendar	413 BP – 412 BP
Islamic calendar	426 BH – 425 BH
Javanese calendar	86–87
Julian calendar	209 CCIX
Korean calendar	2542
Minguo calendar	1703 before ROC 民前1703年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1259
Seleucid era	520/521 AG
Thai solar calendar	751–752
Tibetan calendar	阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 335 or −46 or −818     — to — 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 336 or −45 or −817

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Publius Septimius Geta receives the titles of Imperator and Augustus from his father, Emperor Septimius Severus.
• Septimius Severus makes plans to subdue the land to the north of Scotland, ravaging it severely. Road-building and forest-clearing, the Roman army reaches Aber; Scottish tribes begin guerrilla warfare.

India

• Chandra Shri Satakarni begins his reign, as ruler of the Satavahana Dynasty in Andhra Pradesh (approximate date).

Births

• Dongcheon, Korean ruler of Goguryeo (d. 248)
• Fu Jia, Chinese official and politician (d. 255)
• Guan Lu, Chinese diviner and politician (d. 256)
• Sun Deng (or Zigao), Chinese crown prince (d. 241)
• Xiahou Xuan, Chinese general and politician (d. 254)

Deaths

• Chen Deng, Chinese general and politician (b. 170)
• Jin Xuan (or Yuanji), Chinese official and warlord
• Li Tong, Chinese general and politician (b. 168)
• Liu Qi, Chinese general, governor and politician
• Xun Yue, Chinese scholar and official (b. 148)