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Events

By Place

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Asia

★ Accession of Cao Rui as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei of China.

★ Ardashir I, a vassal of Parthian king Artabanus V, defeats Artabanus V at Hormuz and is crowned "King of Kings" of Persia (Iran), beginning the 400 year-reign of the Sassanid Empire.

★ Downfall of Parthia.

★ A merchant from the Roman Empire called "Qin Lun" by the Chinese, arrived in Jiaozhi (near modern Hanoi) and was taken to see Sun Quan, the King of Wu, who requested him to make a report on his native country and people. He was given an escort for the return trip including a present of ten male and ten female "blackish-coloured dwarfs." However, the officer in charge of the Chinese escort died on the way and Qin Lun had to continue his journey home alone. See: [1] An annotated translation of the ''Weilue''.

Births

★ Wang Pi, Chinese philosopher

★ Lu Kang, son of Lu Xun

Deaths

★ June 29 - Cao Pi, Emperor of the Kingdom of Wei of China

★ Shi Xie, ruler of Jiaozhi

★ Shi Hui

★ Shi Zhi

★ Artabanus IV, last ruler of the Parthian empire