265

This article is about the year 265. For the number, see 265 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	240s 250s 260s 270s 280s
Years:	262 263 264 265 266 267 268

265 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	265 CCLXV
Ab urbe condita	1018
Assyrian calendar	5015
Balinese saka calendar	186–187
Bengali calendar	−328
Berber calendar	1215
Buddhist calendar	809
Burmese calendar	−373
Byzantine calendar	5773–5774
Chinese calendar	甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 2962 or 2755     — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 2963 or 2756
Coptic calendar	−19 – −18
Discordian calendar	1431
Ethiopian calendar	257–258
Hebrew calendar	4025–4026
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	321–322
- Shaka Samvat	186–187
- Kali Yuga	3365–3366
Holocene calendar	10265
Iranian calendar	357 BP – 356 BP
Islamic calendar	368 BH – 367 BH
Javanese calendar	144–145
Julian calendar	265 CCLXV
Korean calendar	2598
Minguo calendar	1647 before ROC 民前1647年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1203
Seleucid era	576/577 AG
Thai solar calendar	807–808
Tibetan calendar	阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 391 or 10 or −762     — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 392 or 11 or −761

Aureus of Postumus, within a pendant

Year 265 (CCLXV) 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 Valerianus and Lucillus (or, less frequently, year 1018 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 265 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 Gallienus tries twice to crush the usurper Postumus, but on the first occasion Aureolus, commander of the elite cavalry, carelessly lets him escape. The second time, Gallienus sustains an arrow wound and has to break off his siege of a Gallic town where Postumus has holed up. He makes no other serious attempt to overcome his rival, instead devoting his attention to the political and military problems in the Danube and eastern parts of the Roman Empire.
• Postumus makes no move to march on Rome and claim his territory south of Gaul.
• Gallienus gives the order to fortify Milan and Verona.
• Gallienus repels the invasion of the Goths in the Balkans.
• A general of Gallienus' army, Victorinus, defects to Postumus.

China

• Sima Zhao, who had been the regent and de facto primary authority of the state of Cao Wei for little over 10 years by this point, passes away, leaving his authority to his eldest son, Sima Yan, who will go on to disestablish the state of Cao Wei in February 266, founding the Jin dynasty.

Births

• Eusebius of Caesarea, Greek historian (approximate date)

Deaths

• Dionysius the Great, patriarch of Alexandria
• September 6 – Sima Zhao, Chinese general and politician (b. 211)
• Ma Jun, Chinese engineer and inventor of the south-pointing chariot
• Zhu (or Jing), Chinese empress of the Eastern Wu state