235

This article is about the year 235. For the number, see 235 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	210s 220s 230s 240s 250s
Years:	232 233 234 235 236 237 238

235 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	235 CCXXXV
Ab urbe condita	988
Assyrian calendar	4985
Balinese saka calendar	156–157
Bengali calendar	−359 – −358
Berber calendar	1185
Buddhist calendar	779
Burmese calendar	−403
Byzantine calendar	5743–5744
Chinese calendar	甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2932 or 2725     — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2933 or 2726
Coptic calendar	−49 – −48
Discordian calendar	1401
Ethiopian calendar	227–228
Hebrew calendar	3995–3996
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	291–292
- Shaka Samvat	156–157
- Kali Yuga	3335–3336
Holocene calendar	10235
Iranian calendar	387 BP – 386 BP
Islamic calendar	399 BH – 398 BH
Javanese calendar	113–114
Julian calendar	235 CCXXXV
Korean calendar	2568
Minguo calendar	1677 before ROC 民前1677年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1233
Seleucid era	546/547 AG
Thai solar calendar	777–778
Tibetan calendar	阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 361 or −20 or −792     — to — 阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 362 or −19 or −791

Year 235 (CCXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Quintianus (or, less frequently, year 988 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 235 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

• March 22 – Emperor Severus Alexander and his mother Iulia Mamaea are murdered by their own soldiers. The soldiers proclaim Maximinus Thrax as emperor. The Severan dynasty ends, marking the beginning of the Crisis of the Third Century.^[1]

By topic

Religion

• September 28 – Pope Pontian resigns, the first to abdicate, because he and Hippolytus, church leader of Rome, are exiled to the mines of Sardinia. Emperor Maximinus persecutes the Christians.^[2]
• November 21 – Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope of Rome.^[3]

Births

• Sun Xiu, Chinese emperor of the Eastern Wu state (d. 264)^[4]

Deaths

• March 22 – Severus Alexander, Roman emperor (b. 208)^[1]
• Cao Gun, Chinese imperial prince^[5]
• Cassius Dio, Roman historian^[6]
• Chen Zhen (or Xiaoqi), Chinese official and politician^[7]
• Gaius Petronius Magnus, Roman consul and usurper^[8]
• Guo Nüwang, Chinese emperres^[5]
• Hippolytus, Christian theologian and writer (b. 170)
• Julia Avita Mamaea, mother of Severus Alexander (b. 180)
• Tiberius Julius Cotys III (or Kotys), Roman client king
• Tiberius Julius Rhescuporis IV, Roman client king
• Titius Quartinus, Roman governor and usurper
• Xin Pi (or Zuozhi), Chinese official and politician
• Yang Yi (or Weigong), Chinese official and adviser

References

1. Monumenta Graeca et Romana: Mutilation and transformation : damnatio memoriae and Roman imperial portraiture. Brill Publishers. January 1, 2004. p. 157. ISBN 90-04-13577-4.
2. Kirsch, Johann Peter (1911). "Pope St. Pontian" in The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
3. Shahan, Thomas (1907). "Pope St. Anterus" in The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
4. Xiong, Victor Cunrui (2009). Historical Dictionary of Medieval China. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 484. ISBN 9780810860537.
5. Rafe de Crespigny (2006). A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms. Brill. pp. 42, 279. ISBN 9789047411840.
6. "Cassius Dio". Encyclopædia Britannica. January 1, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
7. Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature. Vol. 1. BRILL. 2010. p. 383. ISBN 9789047444664.
8. "Maximinus Thrax". De Imperatoribus Romanis. Archived from the original on June 9, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2022.