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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.

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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.

    • 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 (b. 210)
  • 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

    • References

    263 Wikipedia
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