236

Year 236(CCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Verus and Africanus (or, less frequently, year 989 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 236 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	210s 220s 230s 240s 250s
Years:	233 234 235 236 237 238 239

236 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	236 CCXXXVI
Ab urbe condita	989
Assyrian calendar	4986
Balinese saka calendar	157–158
Bengali calendar	−357
Berber calendar	1186
Buddhist calendar	780
Burmese calendar	−402
Byzantine calendar	5744–5745
Chinese calendar	乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2932 or 2872     — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 2933 or 2873
Coptic calendar	−48 – −47
Discordian calendar	1402
Ethiopian calendar	228–229
Hebrew calendar	3996–3997
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	292–293
- Shaka Samvat	157–158
- Kali Yuga	3336–3337
Holocene calendar	10236
Iranian calendar	386 BP – 385 BP
Islamic calendar	398 BH – 397 BH
Javanese calendar	114–115
Julian calendar	236 CCXXXVI
Korean calendar	2569
Minguo calendar	1676 before ROC 民前1676年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1232
Seleucid era	547/548 AG
Thai solar calendar	778–779
Tibetan calendar	阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 362 or −19 or −791     — to — 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 363 or −18 or −790

Pope Fabian (236–250)

Events

Roman Empire

• Emperor Maximinus Thrax and Marcus Pupienus Africanus Maximus become Roman consuls.
• The Roman Senate appoints a twenty-man committee to co-ordinate operations against Maximinus.
• Maximinus campaigns against Dacians and Sarmatians from his supply depot at Sirmium.

Religion

• January 10 – Pope Fabian succeeds Pope Anterus as the twentieth pope.
• Fabian separates Rome into seven deaconships.
• Fabian sends seven missionaries to Gaul to evangelize in the large cities.

Births

• Sima Yan (Emperor Wu of Jin), first emperor of the Chinese Jin dynasty (d. 290)
• Zhang Ti, Chinese chancellor of the Eastern Wu state (d. 280)
• Zhou Chu, Chinese general of the Jin dynasty (d. 297)

Deaths

• January 3 – Pope Anterus
• July 4 – Dong Zhao, Chinese official of the Cao Wei state (b. 156)
• Zhang Zhao, Chinese official of the Eastern Wu state (b. 156)

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