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| Leaders |
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| Gregorian calendar | 284 CCLXXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1037 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5034 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 205–206 |
| Bengali calendar | −309 |
| Berber calendar | 1234 |
| Buddhist calendar | 828 |
| Burmese calendar | −354 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5792–5793 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 2981 or 2774 — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2982 or 2775 |
| Coptic calendar | 0–1 |
| Discordian calendar | 1450 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 276–277 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4044–4045 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 340–341 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 205–206 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3384–3385 |
| Holocene calendar | 10284 |
| Iranian calendar | 338 BP – 337 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 348 BH – 347 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 163–165 |
| Julian calendar | 284 CCLXXXIV |
| Korean calendar | 2617 |
| Minguo calendar | 1628 before ROC 民前1628年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1184 |
| Seleucid era | 595/596 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 826–827 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 410 or 29 or −743 — to — 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 411 or 30 or −742 |
Year 284 (CCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Carinus and Numerianus (or, less frequently, year 1037 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 284 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
- Emperor Numerian travels through Bithynia (Asia Minor) on his way home to Rome. Suffering from an inflammation of the eyes, he travels in a closed litter in which soldiers find his decaying corpse.
- November 17 – Diocletian becomes emperor of Rome
- November 20 – The commander of Numerian's domestici (household troops), Diocles, is chosen to be the new emperor. In a military assembly outside Nicomedia (modern İzmit, Turkey), Diocles claims that the praetorian prefect (and rival for the throne) Arrius Aper murdered Numerian, and he personally stabs and kills the prefect on the spot. The new emperor changes his name to the Latinised 'Diocletian'. Building on existing trends, Diocletian presents his rule as that of a god-like dominus or autocrat.
- Sabinus Julianus, the praetorian prefect of Emperor Carinus, exploits the instability and usurps the throne in northern Italy.
Persian Empire
- King of Kings Bahram II installs Mirian III, of the House of Mihran, on the throne of the Kingdom of Iberia. Mirian would rule the kingdom until his death in c. 361.
Korea
By topic
Religion
- Rufinus succeeds Dometius as Bishop of Byzantium.
Births
- Fu Hong (or Pu Hong), Chinese general and prince (d. 350)
- Huai of Jin, Chinese emperor of the Jin Dynasty (d. 313)
Deaths
- November 20 – Numerian, Roman emperor (b. 254)
- Lucius Flavius Aper, Roman general and praetorian prefect
- Sun Hao, Chinese emperor of the Eastern Wu state (b. 243)
References
- Cousin, Jean. "Diocletian". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
- "List of Rulers of Korea". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved April 21, 2019.