263

This article is about the year 263. For the number, see 263 (number). For other uses, see 263 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century
Decades:	230s  240s  250s  – 260s –  270s  280s  290s
Years:	260 261 262 – 263 – 264 265 266

263 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

263 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	263 CCLXIII
Ab urbe condita	1016
Assyrian calendar	5013
Bengali calendar	−330
Berber calendar	1213
Buddhist calendar	807
Burmese calendar	−375
Byzantine calendar	5771–5772
Chinese calendar	壬午年 (Water Horse) 2959 or 2899     — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 2960 or 2900
Coptic calendar	−21 – −20
Discordian calendar	1429
Ethiopian calendar	255–256
Hebrew calendar	4023–4024
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	319–320
- Shaka Samvat	185–186
- Kali Yuga	3364–3365
Holocene calendar	10263
Iranian calendar	359 BP – 358 BP
Islamic calendar	370 BH – 369 BH
Julian calendar	263 CCLXIII
Korean calendar	2596
Minguo calendar	1649 before ROC 民前1649年
Seleucid era	574/575 AG
Thai solar calendar	805–806

Three Kingdoms (China)

Year 263 (CCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Albinus and Dexter (or, less frequently, year 1016 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 263 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

• King Odenathus of Palmyra declares himself ruler of the area west of the River Euphrates and is declared Dux Orientalis by the Roman emperor Gallienus.

Asia

• The Wei Kingdom conquers the kingdom of Shu Han, one of the Chinese Three Kingdoms.

By topic

Arts and sciences

• Liu Hui writes a commentary on The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art, describing what will later be called Gaussian elimination, computing pi, etc.

Births

• Eusebius of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea (d. ca. 339).

Deaths

• Dong Jue, general of Shu
• Fu Qian, general of Shu
• Empress Guo, wife of Cao Rui
• Liu Chen, fifth son of Liu Shan
• Ruan Ji, poet and musician who lived in the late Eastern Han Dynasty
• Zhuge Shang, son of Zhuge Zhan, grandson of Zhuge Liang (b. 245)
• Zhuge Zhan, general of Shu, son of Zhuge Liang (b. 227)
• Zong Yu, Shu military and political leader