291

Year 291 (CCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century
Decades: 260s  270s  280s  – 290s –  300s  310s  320s
Years: 288 289 290 – 291 – 292 293 294
291 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar291
CCXCI
Ab urbe condita1044
Assyrian calendar5041
Balinese saka calendar212–213
Bengali calendar−302
Berber calendar1241
Buddhist calendar835
Burmese calendar−347
Byzantine calendar5799–5800
Chinese calendar庚戌年 (Metal Dog)
2987 or 2927
    — to —
辛亥年 (Metal Pig)
2988 or 2928
Coptic calendar7–8
Discordian calendar1457
Ethiopian calendar283–284
Hebrew calendar4051–4052
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat347–348
 - Shaka Samvat212–213
 - Kali Yuga3391–3392
Holocene calendar10291
Iranian calendar331 BP – 330 BP
Islamic calendar341 BH – 340 BH
Javanese calendar171–172
Julian calendar291
CCXCI
Korean calendar2624
Minguo calendar1621 before ROC
民前1621年
Nanakshahi calendar−1177
Seleucid era602/603 AG
Thai solar calendar833–834
Tibetan calendar阳金狗年
(male Iron-Dog)
417 or 36 or −736
    — to —
阴金猪年
(female Iron-Pig)
418 or 37 or −735
Hunping jar of the Jin Dynasty

Events

Roman Empire

China
  • War of the Eight Princes: After the death of Emperor Sima Yan a civil war starts among the princes and dukes of the Jin Dynasty.

Births
  • Li Xiu, female general during the Jin Dynasty
  • Saint Agnes, Christian martyress (d. c. 304)
  • Saint Hilarion, anchorite and saint (d. 371)
  • Saint Philomena, Christian martyress (d. c. 304)

Deaths
  • Sima Liang, regent during the rule of Sima Yan
  • Sima Wei, prince during the Jin Dynasty (b. 271)
  • Wei Guan, general of the Kingdom of Wei (b. 220)
  • Wen Yang, general of the Kingdom of Wei (b. 238)
  • Yang Jun, official during the rule of Sima Yan


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